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noun

Royalty n. (pl. royalties)

1.

The state of being royal; the condition or quality of a royal person; kingship; kingly office; sovereignty. "Royalty by birth was the sweetest way of majesty."

2.

The person of a king or sovereign; majesty; as, in the presence of royalty. "For thus his royalty doth speak."

3.

An emblem of royalty; usually in the plural, meaning regalia. (Obs.) "Wherefore do I assume These royalties, and not refuse to reign?"

4.

Kingliness; spirit of regal authority. "In his royalty of nature Reigns that which would be fear'd."

5.

Domain; province; sphere.

6.

That which is due to a sovereign, as a seigniorage on gold and silver coined at the mint, metals taken from mines, etc.; the tax exacted in lieu of such share; imperiality.

7.

A share of the product or profit (as of a mine, forest, etc.), reserved by the owner for permitting another to use the property.

8.

Hence (Com.), a duty paid by a manufacturer to the owner of a patent or a copyright at a certain rate for each article manufactured; or, a percentage paid to the owner of an article by one who hires the use of it.

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"Royalty" Quotes from Famous Books

... And more, I should express a fear that those who made that answer had not yet seen into the mystery of true greatness and true strength; that they did not yet understand the true magnanimity, the true royalty of that spirit, by which the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give His life a ransom ...

— Sanitary and Social Lectures and Essays • Charles Kingsley

... dynasty, by the work. But you can see her rank for yourself from the broken uraeus." (Smith did not stop him to explain that he had not the faintest idea what a uraeus might be, seeing that he was utterly unfamiliar with the snake-headed crest of Egyptian royalty.) "You should go to Egypt and study the head for yourself. It is one of the most beautiful things that ever was found. Well, I must be off. ...

— Smith and the Pharaohs, and Other Tales • Henry Rider Haggard

... had been severely Democratic. There were none of the usual accompaniments of royalty or exclusivism considered essential under aristocratic forms to impress the people with the dignity and gravity of a great occasion. None of these were necessary, for every spectator was an intensely ...

— History of the Impeachment of Andrew Johnson, • Edumud G. Ross

... this dear lady set to all who see her, know her, and who hear of her; how happy they who have the grace to follow it! What a public blessing would such a mind as hers be, could it be vested with the robes of royalty, and adorn the sovereign dignity! But what are the princes of the earth, look at them in every nation, and what they have been for ages past, compared to this lady? who acts from the impulses of her own heart, unaided in most ...

— Pamela (Vol. II.) • Samuel Richardson

... pleasure in telling that story were it but for the revelation it affords of how the children of Kings and Queens are animated by the same curiosities, and may act at times so like the children of the commonality. That Royalty again may be moved by the action or word of a child of common birth we have many pleasing proofs. One is pat. A late King of Prussia, while visiting in one of the villages of his dominion, was welcomed by the school children. Their sponsor made a speech for them. The King thanked ...

— Children's Rhymes, Children's Games, Children's Songs, Children's Stories - A Book for Bairns and Big Folk • Robert Ford

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