regalia
noun
- privileges and the insignia characteristic of a sovereign
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈɡeɪ.li.ə/ / /ɹɪˈɡæɪ.li.ə/
noun
Etymology: From Middle English regalie, from Medieval Latin rēgālia (“royal powers”), substantivisation of the neuter plural of rēgālis (“of a king”), from rēx (“king”). By surface analysis, regal + -ia.
- A kind of large cigar of superior quality.
“I have taken care that there's both brandy and whiskey nicely stowed away in the barrack-room, with plenty of prime regalia cigars[…]”
“The quantity of regalias imported into northern ports is comparatively small.”