royalnessn.
/ˈrɔɪəlnəs/, U.S. /ˈrɔɪ(ə)lnəs/ The fact or quality of being royal; majesty; magnificence.
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the mind > emotion > pride > ostentation > splendour, magnificence, or pomp > [noun]
prideOE
nobleyec1300
farec1330
pompc1330
statec1330
rialtya1375
estatec1385
lordliness1440
pompousness1447
noblenessc1450
worthinessc1450
pomperyc1460
affairc1480
gloryc1480
majesty1481
triumpha1513
shine?1529
royalness?1548
sumptuosity1550
triumphing1569
magnificie1570
presence1570
gite1589
equipage1612
majesticalness1613
ceremonya1616
splendour1616
stateliness1637
majesticnessa1643
scheme1647
pageantry1651
grandeur1652
splendidnessa1657
magnanimity1658
magnificency1668
fluster1676
energy1764
pompa1783
panoply1790
pageanting1873
society > society and the community > social class > nobility > rank > royalty > [noun]
majestyc1375
royaltyc1405
rialc1440
royalness?1548
purple1610
?1548 Ld. Berners tr. D. de San Pedro Castell of Loue sig. G.viiv Bycause ye be bound of your royalnes for the seruice that we haue done you..we requyre you to haue mercy of her lyfe.
1666 G. Hall Fast-serm. p. xxiii See and observe O ye Travellers, the stateliness and convenience of the Halls of her several Companies, the comeliness of her many Churches,..the Royalness of her Exchange.
1737 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. (ed. 3) Augustness, royalness, majestiekness, venerableness.
1872 G. W. Cox & E. H. Jones Tales of Teutonic Lands 84 Gazing yet, he feared before her beauty and her royalness.
1908 Times 4 July 8/1 (advt.) It [sc. sherry] brings a meal to a triumphant conclusion, and the royalness of its unique characteristics harmonizes and, as it were, crowns all that has gone before.
2000 G. Kemp Fortune-telling Bk. 75 Statues of pharaohs as sphinxes had been used to represent the pharaoh's royalness and strength.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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