of or relating to or indicative of or issued or performed by a king or queen or other monarch; the royal party; the royal crest; by royal decree; a royal visit'

established or chartered or authorized by royalty; the Royal Society'

a sail set next above the topgallant on a royal mast

stag with antlers of 12 or more branches

[ Syn: royal stag ]

being of the rank of a monarch; of royal ancestry; princes of the blood royal'

belonging to or befitting a supreme ruler; golden age of imperial splendor; purple tyrant; regal attire; treated with royal acclaim; the royal carriage of a stags head

[ Syn: imperial , majestic , purple , regal ]

invested with royal power as symbolized by a crown; the royal (or crowned) heads of Europe'