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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.

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a. Of or relating to a king; royal.

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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 physician
  • Codex Regius, Icelandic manuscript in which the Poetic Edda is preserved
  • Hippo Regius, ancient name of the modern city of Annaba, Algeria
  • Titulus Regius, 1483 statute of the Parliament of England, giving the title "King of England" to Richard III
  • Animal names:
    • Argyrosomus regius, Meagre, Shade-fish, Salmon-Basse or Stone Bass
    • Hylodes regius, frog of Brazil
    • Phidippus regius, Regal Jumping Spider
    • Philautus regius, frog of Sri Lanka
    • Pseudorhabdosynochus regius, a Monogenean
    • Python regius, python

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.