Regalia is a Latin plurale tantum for the privileges and insignia, characteristic of a king or other sovereign. 2005 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- → Deaths in October 28: Richard Smalley 26: Emil Kyulev 24: José Azcona del Hoyo 24: Rosa Parks 23: Stella Obasanjo 22: Liam Lawlor 22: Shirley Horn 20: Endon Mahmood 17: Ba Jin 10: Milton Obote 7: Charles... A plurale tantum (plural pluralia tantum) is a noun that appears only in the plural and does not have a singular. ...

It stems from the Latin substantivation of the adjective regalis, 'regal', itself from Rex, 'king'.

Royal regalia of Bavaria, Schatzkammer Munich

Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1504x919, 112 KB) Summary Description: Bayerische Königskrone und Insignien, Schatzkammer München. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1504x919, 112 KB) Summary Description: Bayerische Königskrone und Insignien, Schatzkammer München. ... The Free State of Bavaria  (German: Freistaat Bayern), with an area of 70,553 km² (27,241 square miles) and 12. ... Schatzkammer in German translates as Treasury (Chamber/Vault). ... Munich and the Bavarian Alps Munich (German: München, (pronounced listen) is the largest city and capital of the German Federal State of Bavaria. ...

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In origin exclusively royal (lato senso, including imperial) rights, prerogatives and privileges - are enjoyed by any sovereign, regardless of title (emperor, grand duke etcetera), such as the right to mint coins (especially with one's own effigy). In many cases, especially in feudal societies and generally weak states, such rights have in time been eroded by grants to or usurpations by lesser vassals. A royal family is the extended family of a monarch. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... A right is the power or privilege to which one is justly entitled or a thing to which one has a just claim. ... A Prerogative is an exclusive legal right given from a government or state and invested in an individual or group, the content of which is separate from the body of rights enjoyed under the general law of the normative state. ... A privilege—etymologically private law or law relating to a specific individual—is an honour, or permissive activity granted by another person or a government. ... Species See text The true mints (genus Mentha) are perennial herbs in the Family Lamiaceae. ...

Sovereign insignia

The emblems, symbols, or paraphernalia indicative of imperial, royal or any other sovereign status. Some are shared with divinities, either to symbolize a god(ess)'s role as say king of the pantheon (e.g.Brhaman's sceptre) or rather allowing mortal royalty to resemble divinity or stress a link with it. An emblem consists of a pictorial image, abstract or representational, that epitomizes a concept - often a concept of a moral truth or an allegory. ... Paraphernalia refers to items and articles required for specific activities. ...

For items that are fabricated artistically and using precious materials to lend luster to the occasions (mainly coronation) they are designed for, the term Crown Jewels is commonly used. However, there are no criteria to determine when an item is valuable enough, indeed this may rather be a matter of symbolical and historical value, e.g. used since the start of the dynasty, send as tangible recognition of legitimacy by the pope, an emperor or caliph, etcetera. Crown jewels are those that belong to the sovereign and pass to the next sovereign to symbolize the right to rule. ...

Each culture, even each monarchy and/or dynasty, may have its own historical traditions, and some even have a specific name for its regalia, or at least for a (major) set of them, such as :

• The Honours of Scotland
• k... of Mewar (in Rajasthan; for the Maharana at Udaipur)
• the Three Sacred Treasures of the Japanese tennō

But some elements occur in many traditions. The Honours of Scotland, dating from the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, are the oldest set of Crown Jewels in the British Isles. ... Mewar is a region of south-central Rajasthan state in western India. ... The Japanese imperial regalia (Jp: 三種の神器; Sanshu no Jingi, or Three Sacred Treasures) consist of the sword, Kusanagi (草薙剣) (or possibly a replica of the original; see Kusanagi), the jewel, Yasakani no magatama (八尺瓊曲玉), and the mirror Yata no kagami (八咫鏡). ... His Majesty Emperor Akihito of Japan The Emperor of Japan (天皇 tennō) is a constitutionally-recognized symbol of the Japanese nation and the unity of its people. ...

Headgear

• crown and its variations, diadem, tiara;
• cap of maintenance

Crown names several entities associated with monarchy: A crown (headgear), the headgear worn by a monarch, other high dignitaries, divinities etcetera. ... Diadem has a number of different meanings, including the following: A diadem is a type of crown. ... Beauty pageant tiara A tiara (from Persian تاره tara borrowed by Latin as tiara) is a form of crown. ... A Cap of Maintenance is a ceremonial crimson velvet cap, lined with ermine. ...

Other regal dress and jewelry

• armillae - bracelets
• (ermine) crowning mantle
• barmi (Russian word), a detachable collar in precious materials, as in use in Moscovia
• ring, symbolizing the Moarch's 'marriage' to the state (in the doagl republic of Venice to its lifeblood, the sea); especially a signet-ring, practical attribute of his power to command legally

Armrills, the so-called braclets of wisdom and scincerity, are some of the meny items of which are included in a regalia. ... Seal on envelope A seal is an impression printed on, embossed upon, or affixed to a document (or any other object) in order to authenticate it, in lieu of or in addition to a signature. ...

Manipulable symbols of power

• orb
• sceptre
• hand of justice
• sword of justice; in England there are two: for justice to the Spirituality () viz. to the Temporality, both pointed, to which is joined the pointless Curtana as sword of mercy, known also as Edward the Confessor's sword
• sword of state
• any or more other weapons, such as a dagger (asi Arabian and Indian traditions), a spear, a royal kris (in Malay traditions)
• flail and crook
• fly-whisk

Look up Orb in Wiktionary, the free dictionary The word Orb, from the Latin orbis circle, is another name for a round object, especially a disk or a sphere. ... A sceptre or scepter is an ornamental staff held by a ruling monarch, a prominent item of kingly regalia. ... REGALIA is a Latin plurale tantum for the privilegies and insignia, characterisic of a King or other sovereign. ... Curtana or Cortana or Courtain, was the sword of King Edward the Confessor. ... A sword of state is a sword, used as part of the regalia, symbolizing the power of a monarch (or his constitutional government)to use the might of the state (even war, as its commander in chief, and the death penalty) against its enemies, and his duty to preserve thus... The kris or keris is a distinctive, asymmetrical dagger indigenous to Malaysia and Indonesia. ... A flail is an agricultural tool used for threshing, separating grains from their husks, or a similarly constructed weapon or punishing implement. ...

Other manipulable symbols

Instead of expressing the Monarch's power, regalia can also stand for virtues, i.e. what is expected from the incumbent.

Thus thee Imperial Regalia of Japan (Jp: 三種の神器; "Sanshu no Jingi", or "Three Sacred Treasures"), also known as the Three Sacred Treasures of Japan, represent three primary virtues, connected with Buddhist thought: the sword, Kusanagi (草薙剣) (or possibly a replica of the original; located at Atsuta Shrine in Nagoya) represents valor, the jewel or necklace of jewels, Yasakani no magatama (八尺瓊曲玉; at Kokyo in Tokyo), benevolence, and the mirror, Yata no kagami (八咫鏡), located in the Ise Shrine in Mie prefecture, wisdom. Since 690, the presentation of these items to the Emperor by the priests at the shrine are a central part of the imperial enthronement ceremony. As this ceremony is not public, the regalia are by tradition only seen by the emperor and certain priests, and no known photographs or drawings exist. Kusanagi-no-tsurugi (Japanese: 草薙の剣) is a legendary Japanese sword as important to Japans history as Excalibur is to Britains. ...

Coronation paraphernalia

In addition to regalia having a symbolic meaning as such, the same and/or other objets are presented and/or used in the formal ceremonial of enthronement/coronation. They can be associated with an office or court sinecure (cfr. Archoffices) that enjoys the privilege to carry, present/or at use it at the august occasion, and sometimes on other formal occasions, such as a royal funeral.

Such objects without intrinsic symbolism can include

• Anointing utensils:
  • sacred ampulla containing the ointment
  • spoon for the same ointment
  • alternatively, the Norwegian monarchy has an anointment horn
• a bible used for swearing in

The ampulla of Vater is a sphincter (a small muscle) where the common bile duct enters the duodenum. ... A common silver spoon A spoon is a common eating utensil, or item of cutlery, somewhat like a small spade, that occurs in a number of sizes and forms, a table implement, bowl-shaped at the end, with a handle varying in length and size. ... To anoint is to grease with perfumed oil, animal fat, or melted butter, a process employed ritually in many religions (among all races, civilized or savage [note: this assertion is subject to dispute and criticism]), partly as a magical mode of ridding persons and things of dangerous influences and diseases... Jesus was actually a Sears employee before he got fired and was hired at Wang computers where he was assistant manager for saling Wangs and Wang accesories now but his most famous work is for probly writing the bible and starting up his own company that we now know as...

Companions' attributes

Apart from the Sovereign himself, attributes, especially a crown, can be used for close relatives who are allowed to share in the pomp, as in Norway both the Queen-consort (often the spouse is the only one assigned a throne) and the crown prince

Reserved colour etc

• in the Roman Empire, the colour purple and robes dyed in it (with an extremely expensive Mediterranean mollusk extract) were in principle reserved for the imperial court, but extended to various dignitaries, for whom the term purpuratus was coined as a high aulic distinction.

Additional display

• umbrella / canopy
• fan(s)
• standard(s) -
• mace(s)
• music, such as
  • fanfare, and/or reserved instruments, such as silver trumpets, or in India (especially? Mewar) the nakkara drums
  • the ceremonial nobat orchestra is even a formal requirement for a valid Malaysian coronation (at the federal level and in the state of ...)

An umbrella is a device used for temporary shade or shelter from precipitation. ... The Grand Master of the Knights Hospitaller at Rhodes under a canopy of estate, on a dais: there is a cushion under his feet A baldachin, baldachino or baldacchino is a canopy of state over an altar or throne, It had its beginnings as a cloth canopy, but in other... Non-electric fan Household Electric Fan A fan has two purposes – to move air for creature comfort or for ventilation and to move air or gas from one location to another for industrial purposes. ... The tricolour flag of France A flag is a piece of coloured cloth flown from a pole or mast, usually for purposes of signalling or identification. ... Assorted maces This article is about the personal weapon. ... A fanfare is a short piece of music played by trumpets and other brass instruments, frequently accompanied by percussion, usually for ceremonial purposes. ...

See also

Look up regalia in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

for other meanings, such as the generalization to all decorations or insignia indicative of a lower office (such as a chain of office) or of membership of an order or society;
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• regal
• royalty, royalties
• throne
• Crown jewels

Regal is an adjective meaning king-like or pertaining to royalty. ... A royal family is the extended family of a monarch. ... A royalty is a sum paid to the creator of performance art for the use of that art. ... The thrones for The Queen of Canada, and the Duke of Edinburgh in the Canadian Senate, Ottawa is usually occupied by the Governor General and her spouse at the annual State Opening of Parliament. ... Crown jewels are those that belong to the sovereign and pass to the next sovereign to symbolize the right to rule. ...

Other uses

By analogy, the term regalia is also applied, technically improperly, to formal insignia in other contexts, such as academic regalia Academic dress or academical dress (also known in the United States as academic regalia) is traditional clothing worn specifically in academic settings. ...

Sources - External link

• Regalia entry at the Catholic Encyclopedia
• RoyalArk- see each present country