- 1禮服與配飾的整套行頭（如王冠權杖、法官假髮長袍、畢業袍與垂帶）。口語常說 in full regalia＝盛裝打扮、全副行頭，帶點打趣。
Regalia means the special clothes, objects and decorations that people wear or carry at formal ceremonies — the ones that show who they are and what position they hold. Think of a crown, a heavy gold chain around a mayor's neck, a judge's wig and robe, the sash and badges of a club, the long gown and coloured hood at a graduation. All of that is regalia. The word started with kings: it meant the royal things, the crown and and orb of a monarch. It still means that. But English has it out, and now any group with a ceremony can have regalia — universities, churches, city councils, the army, even a private society. It is used as a plural-feeling word. You say the regalia WERE laid out, and people almost never say one regalia or a regalia. Treat it as a lump: a set of ceremonial things, not one thing. In everyday speech it often carries a light smile. If a friend arrives dressed up for a wedding, you might say she was in full regalia — meaning the complete outfit, all the accessories, nothing left out. That joking use, usually in the phrase in full regalia, is probably the one you will meet most often. It is a written and slightly grand word otherwise; it does not belong in casual conversation about ordinary clothes.
組成From Latin regalia, meaning "the royal things" — the plural of the Latin word for royal. Latin could turn an adjective into a noun like this: royal → the royal things. That is why the word still feels plural in English and why it means a set of objects rather than one.
原始詞典資料7 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
regalianoun/ɹɪˈɡeɪ.li.ə/
- 1
Royal rights, prerogatives and privileges actually enjoyed by any sovereign, regardless of his title (emperor, grand duke etc.).
- 2
The emblems, symbols, or paraphernalia indicative of royalty or any other sovereign status; such as a crown, orb, sceptre or sword.
- THE INTHRONIZATION. The King ascended the Theatre, accompanied by the two Bishops his Supporters, the Great Officers of State, the Lords carrying the Swords, and the Lords who had borne Their Majesties' Regalia, and was Inthroned by the Archbishops, Bishops, and the other Peers, who then stood about the steps of the Throne.
- 3
Decorations or insignia indicative of an office or membership of an order or society; such as freemasonry.
- 4
Traditional dress and accessories of North American Indigenous nations worn for ritual purposes.
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Finery, magnificent dress, or lavish or flashy costume.
- to be dressed in full regalia (dressed up)
- […] the throngs included tribes of American Indians celebrating […] like victorious conventioneers in their burnished regalia at a hotel party Monday night.
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obsoleteSumptuous food.
- c. 1685-1686, Charles Cotton, the Essays of M. de Montaigne After having a long time treated their Prisoners very well, and given them all the Regalia's they can think of, he to whom the Prisoner belongs, invites a great Assembly of his Kindred and Friends
regalianoun/ɹɪˈɡeɪ.li.ə/
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archaicA 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.
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