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royalty 1. the rank, power, or position of a king or queen 2. a. royal persons collectively b. one who belongs to the royal family 3. any quality characteristic of a monarch; kingliness or regal dignity How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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How could one look at Ahab then, seated on that tripod of bones, without bethinking him of the royalty it symbolized? Though very moderate in my political antipathies and predilections, I confess to some excitement in my own case, declaring that if royalty WAS to be my lot, I would prefer not to ascend any higher on the scale than to become the property of that excellent princess, Amelie, who then presided in the Palais Royal, the daughter and sister of a king, but with as little prospects as desires of becoming a queen in her own person. The Prince of Saxe Leinitzer kept up still a semblance of royalty in the State which his ancestors had ruled with despotic power. |
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