Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: royalty
IPA transcription: [ɹ'ɔɪəlti]
Pronunciations of royalty
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noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: royalty
    Meaning: payment to the holder of a patent or copyright or resource for the right to use their property; "he received royalties on his book"
  • Synonyms: royalty, royal_family, royal_line, royal_house
    Meaning: royal persons collectively; "the wedding was attended by royalty"
Usage examples
  • And if death be my lot, I hope to die for the king, for royalty and for God.
  • If Richelieu made the king, by comparison, seem small, he made royalty great.
  • "I shall adore God, sir," said Raoul, "respect royalty and ever serve the king.
  • The Palace of the Louvre contains two things--the king, who must die, and royalty, which never dies.
  • Raoul, learn how to distinguish the king from royalty; the king is but a man; royalty is the gift of God.
  • The Royalty of July reared up, in spite of the fact that it caught it in the harness of European cabinets.
  • They strike it cleverly in its vulnerable spot, in default of a cuirass, in its lack of logic; they attacked this revolution in its royalty.
  • His clothes were also cleaned and pressed by the Imperial tailors, and his crown polished and again sewed upon his head, for the Tin Woodman insisted he should not renounce this badge of royalty.
  • Thus did an uncompromising democrat pay court to the shades of Royalty, while a mocking-bird sang from a fringe-bush by the gate, and an oriole flew madly from tree to tree in pursuit of a fair creature of the reluctant sex.
  • However, neither was Aristobulus wanting to himself in this case, as relying on the bribes that Scaurus had received: he was also there himself, and adorned himself after a manner the most agreeable to royalty that he was able.
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