Definitions for: Royalty


[n] royal persons collectively; "the wedding was attended by royalty"
[n] payment to the holder of a patent or copyright or resource for the right to use their property; "he received royalties on his book"



Webster (1913) Definition: Roy"al*ty, n.; pl. Royalties. [OF. roialt['e],
royault['e], F. royaut['e]. See Royal, and cf. Regality.]
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.
--Holyday.

2. The person of a king or sovereign; majesty; as, in the
presence of royalty.

For thus his royalty doth speak. --Shak.

3. An emblem of royalty; -- usually in the plural, meaning
regalia. [Obs.]

Wherefore do I assume These royalties, and not
refuse to reign? --Milton.

4. Kingliness; spirit of regal authority.

In his royalty of nature Reigns that which would be
fear'd. --Shak.

5. Domain; province; sphere. --Sir W. Scott.

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.

Synonyms: royal family, royal house, royal line

See Also: Bourbon, female monarch, Habsburg, Hanover, Hanoverian line, Hapsburg, Highness, Hohenzollern, house, House of Hanover, House of Lancaster, House of York, king, Lancaster, Lancastrian line, male monarch, payment, Plantagenet, Plantagenet line, prince, princess, queen, queen regnant, Romanoff, Romanov, Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, Stuart, York

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