Meaning and Origin
What does the name Royalty mean? Keep reading to find the user submitted meanings, dictionary definitions, and more.
Origin and Meaning of Royalty
User Submitted Origins
African
50%
English
47%
Portuguese
3%
User Submitted Meanings
- According to 2 people from the United States and the United Kingdom, the name Royalty is of African origin and means "The love of god".
- According to a user from Texas, U.S., the name Royalty is of English origin and means "Of Royal Blood or Status".
International Interest
Also see international interest
Webster's Unabridged Dictionary
noun Roy"al*ty
Senses
- 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.]
- The person of a king or sovereign; majesty; as, in the presence of royalty ."For thus his royalty doth speak." [Shak.]
- An emblem of royalty; -- usually in the plural, meaning regalia.(Obs)"Wherefore do I assume These royalties, and not refuse to reign?" [Milton.]
- Kingliness; spirit of regal authority."In his royalty of nature Reigns that which would be fear'd." [Shak.]
- Domain; province; sphere.
- 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.
- A share of the product or profit (as of a mine, forest, etc.), reserved by the owner for permitting another to use the property.
- 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.
Etymology: OF. roialté royaulté, F. royauté. See Royal, and cf. Regality
Other Dictionary Sources
- Royal persons collectively ("the wedding was attended by royalty")
- Payment to the holder of a patent or copyright or resource for the right to use their property
Wiktionary
From Middle English royaltee, roialtee, royalte, from Old French roialté, roiauté, realté (compare earlier Old French realted (“realm, kingdom”)), from Vulgar Latin *rēgālitātem, accusative singular of Vulgar Latin *rēgālitās, from Latin rēgālis, equivalent to royal + -ty.
- The rank, status, power or authority of a monarch.
- People of royal rank, plus their families, treated as a group.
- A royal right or prerogative, such as the exploitation of a natural resource; the granting of such a right; payment received for such a right.
- The payment received by an owner of real property for exploitation of mineral rights in the property.
- (by extension) Payment made to a writer, composer, inventor etc for the sale or use of intellectual property, invention etc.
- (figuratively) Someone in a privileged position.
- (poker, slang) A king and a queen as a starting hand in Texas hold 'em.
- (Scotland, historical) The bounds of a royal burgh.
royalty was also found in the following language(s): French, Italian, Norwegian Bokmål, and Norwegian Nynorsk