regalistn.adj.
/ˈriːɡl̩ɪst/, /ˈriːɡəlɪst/, U.S. /ˈriɡəˌlɪst/ A. n.
1. A supporter of monarchy, a royalist. Cf. regalism n. 1. Now rare.
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society > authority > rule or government > politics > political philosophy > principles of or attachment to types of government > [noun] > monarchism > adherent of
king's maneOE
regalist?1591
kingling1603
royalist1605
monarchist1640
regiana1652
basilean1655
?1591 T. Coningsby Jrnl. Siege Rouen (Harl. 288) 44 in Camden Misc. (1847) I The greate severitie used by Villiers unto those suspected to be regalists.
1617 F. Moryson Itinerary i. 193 The bell of that Church was sounded..to giue a signe to the Regalists and Guisians, that they should kill those of the reformed Religion.
1648 ‘Mercurio-Mastix Hibernicus’ Muzzle for Cerberus 24 Bringing them in forsooth, into England to side with his Regalists against Round-heads.
1685 P. Rycaut Continuation 388 in tr. Platina Lives Popes The Arch-Bishop of Tholouse was on their side, and gave judgment in favour of the Regalist.
1846 Southern & Western Lit. Messenger & Rev. Feb. 77/2 The Diet..also contains some..Regalists, or nominees of the crown.
1884 Times 30 Sept. 10/4 The Hungarian House of Magnates has..five regalists from Transylvania.
1990 F. M. López-Morillas tr. J. Marias Understanding Spain xxiii. 320 In Spain..those in the vanguard of change were in fact regalists, tenacious defenders of the crown's prerogatives.
2. spec. A supporter of monarchical control over the church. See regalism n.
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society > faith > church government > kinds of church government > Erastianism > [noun] > supporter of
Erastian1651
regalist1829
1829 T. Roscoe L. de Potter's Mem. Scipio de Ricci I. i. 6 Regalists..make of religion what it really is, a matter of conscience, and leave the care of government to those who are charged with it.
1894 Tablet 7 July 35 The principles and practice of the Regalists have been revived with increased virulence.
1913 Catholic Encycl. II. 413/1 For following the via media of the indirect power, he was condemned in 1590 as too much of a Regalist and in 1605 as too much of a Papalist.
1955 Amer. Hist. Rev. 61 184 He fails to bring out at all clearly the great extent to which Quiroga, as a strong regalist, served as one of Philip II's chief instruments in that monarch's attempted nationalization of the Spanish church.
1990 Oxf. Illustr. Hist. Christianity xii. 427 Latin Americans..who harked back knowingly or not to pre-independence Enlightenment regalists.
2007 M. Díaz-Andreu World Hist. 19th Cent. Archaeol. i. ii. 41 The Enlightenment promoted the primacy of the monarchy as opposed to the religious power; supporters of this belief were named Regalists.
B. adj.
Of or relating to a monarch; spec. (a) advocating monarchical control over the church; (b) supportive of the monarchy; royalist.
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society > authority > rule or government > a or the system of government > monarchical government > [adjective] > supporting or advocating monarchy
monarchist1847
regalist1850
1850 G. G. Andrasy & G. S. Szechenyi in G. R. Burnell & W. T. Clark Suppl. Theory, Pract. & Archit. Bridges ii. 55 We shall take the opportunity..of requesting that a ‘Regalist’ deputation be appointed.
1902 Q. Rev. Oct. 611 These works roused little animosity compared with writings either strictly theological or regalist.
1908 R. W. Seton-Watson Racial Probl. in Hungary ix. 141 This majority became overwhelming when reinforced by the votes of the regalist members.
1960 Eng. Hist. Rev. 75 309 The promotion of churchmen of regalist and anti-papal views..destroyed the independence and authority of the Spanish Church.
2007 C. Marichal Bankruptcy of Empire 77 The viceroyalty's rich mines..belonged to the Spanish crown, according to regalist tradition.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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