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EnglishTHE SCHOLAR'S LEXICON

regnal

/reg-nl/US // ˈrɛg nl //UK // (ˈrɛɡnəl) //

摄政,摄政王,册封,册封的

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : of or relating to a sovereign, sovereignty, or reign: the second regnal year of Louis XIV.

Examples

  • In process of time, however, the custom of dating by the regnal year of the king became general.

  • Inconsistent use of periods after Regnal numbers not changed.

  • The regnal year was usually cited; but the year of the Incarnation was also sometimes given.

  • The reverse shows the regnal year, which ranges from eleven to forty-three, together with a mint-mark.

  • The regnal year is uniformly "one;" the mint-marks are Zadracarta, Iran, and Nihach, an unknown locality.

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