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regius

Word definitions for regius in dictionaries

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. Of or relating to a king; royal.

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Regius may refer to: Regius Professor , "Royal" Professorships at the universities of Oxford, Cambridge, St Andrews, Glasgow, Aberdeen, Edinburgh and Dublin Raphael Regius (c.1440–1520), Venetian humanist Henricus Regius (1598–1679), Dutch philosopher and ...

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Regius \Re"gi*us\ (r?l"?*?s), a. [L. regius, from rex, regis, a king.] Of or pertaining to a king; royal. Regius professor , an incumbent of a professorship founded by royal bounty, as in an English university.

Usage examples of regius.

Professor Busuttil, Regius Professor of Forensic Medicine, University of Edinburgh.

You, a man who should have been Regius Professor at a great University with a thousand students all revering you.

If it was unlikely for a scruffy little girl to turn up in his cell knowing the very man who figured in his obsessions, the Regius Professor didn't notice.

Edward Johnston, Regius Professor of History at Yale, squinted as the helicopter thumped by overhead.

In 1645 he was appointed Master of Clare Hall, in place of the ejected Dr PASHE, and was elected Regius Professor of Hebrew.