Category:Royalty

Roy"al*ty, n.; pl. Royalties. Etym: [of. roialté, royaulté, f. Royauté. See royal, and cf. Regality.]

1. 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.

2. The person of a king or sovereign; majesty; as, in the presence of Royalty. For thus his royalty doth speak. Shak.

3. An emblem of royalty; -- usually in the plural, meaning regalia. [obs.] Wherefore do i assume these royalties, and not refuse to reign Milton.

4. Kingliness; spirit of regal authority. In his royalty of nature reigns that which would be fear'd. Shak.

5. Domain; province; sphere. Sir w. Scott.

6. 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.

7. A share of the product or profit (as of a mine, forest, etc.), Reserved by the owner for permitting another to use the property.

8. 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.