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regnal, a.|ˈrɛgnəl|
[ad. med.L. regnālis, f. regn-um kingdom, reign n.]
1. a. regnal year, the year of a sovereign's reign, dated from the moment of his accession.
1612Hopton Concord. Years Ded. A iij, I obserued the inconueniences..occasioned..by the participation of euery one Regnall yeare with two Ecclesian yeares. 1685Chron. Jurid. Pref. in Nicolas Chronol. Hist. (1833) 272 Thirdly, there is what we call the year regnal; and that beginneth on the day, and at the immediate moment, of the decease of each last preceding king. 1833Nicolas Ibid. 272 The exact day from which the regnal year is calculated. 1876Freeman Norm. Conq. (ed. 2) I. vi. 457 He dated his public acts by the regnal years of the King.
b. regnal day, the anniversary of a sovereign's accession.
1877C. Geikie Christ (1879) 55 On the regnal day of Herod, in the year b.c. 14 the..structure was consecrated.
2. Of or pertaining to a reign, kingdom, or king, in various applications.
1643Prynne Sov. Power Parlt. Ded. A iij b, The true originall grounds of Regall, Regnall, Popular, or Parliamentary Jurisdictions. 1846McCulloch Acc. Brit. Empire (1854) II. Index 769/1 Regnal Table; from the Conquest. 1869Rawlinson Anc. Hist. 32 An intentional duplication of the regnal and other periods mentioned by Herodotus. |