Definition of "regalia" in English

noun

1. Royal rights, prerogatives and privileges actually enjoyed by any sovereign, regardless of his title (emperor, grand duke etc.).

2. The emblems, symbols, or paraphernalia indicative of royalty or any other sovereign status; such as a crown, orb, sceptre or sword.

3. Decorations or insignia indicative of an office or membership of an order or society; such as freemasonry.

4. Traditional dress and accessories of North American Indigenous nations worn for ritual purposes.

5. (by extension) Finery, magnificent dress, or lavish or flashy costume.

   • to be dressed in full regalia (dressed up)

6. (by extension, obsolete) Sumptuous food.

   • c. 1685-1686, Charles Cotton, the Essays of M. de Montaigne After having a long time treated their Prisoners very well, and given them all the Regalia's they can think of, he to whom the Prisoner belongs, invites a great Assembly of his Kindred and Friends

noun

1. (archaic) A kind of large cigar of superior quality.