Definition of "royalty" []

• A person of royal rank or lineage. (noun)
• Monarchs and their families considered as a group. (noun)
• The lineage or rank of a monarch. (noun)
• The power, status, or authority of a monarch. (noun)
• Royal quality or bearing. (noun)

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• "'And this,' he must have said to himself, 'is what they call royalty in the West!'"
• "The king or equivalent royalty is not “the government”."
• "Federal Farmer says: rpt: The king or equivalent royalty is not “the government”."