Definition of "regalia"

regalia

/ɹəˈɡeɪl.i.ə/

noun
plural only
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.
  Quotations
  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.
  1937 November 10, “Ceremonial of the Coronation of Their Majesties ”, in The London Gazette (Supplement)‎, number 34453, page 7031 at 7056
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.
5. (by extension) Finery, magnificent dress, or lavish or flashy costume.
6. (by extension, obsolete) Sumptuous food.
  Quotations
  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
  c. 1685-1686, Charles Cotton, the Essays of M. de Montaigne
noun
plural regalias
1. (archaic) A kind of large cigar of superior quality.
  Quotations
  I have taken care that there's both brandy and whiskey nicely stowed away in the barrack-room, with plenty of prime regalia cigars […]
  1840, Isaac Butt, Irish Life, page 294
  The quantity of regalias imported into northern ports is comparatively small.
  1850, United States. Congress, Congressional Edition: Volume 552, page 868