royalty

Etymology

From Middle English royaltee, roialtee, royalte, from Old French roialté, roiauté, realté (compare earlier Old French realted (“realm, kingdom”)), from Vulgar Latin *rēgālitās, from Latin rēgālis, equivalent to royal + -ty.

noun

1. The rank, status, power or authority of a monarch.
2. People of royal rank, plus their families, treated as a group.
   Wolferton was an important station on the Kings Lynn-Hunstanton line, which closed in 1969. As the station was convenient for the Sandringham estate, it was regularly patronised by royalty, and royal retiring rooms were provided. December 14 2022, Robin Leleux, “A royal occasion as heritage projects honoured: Wolferton”, in RAIL, number 972, page 61
3. A royal right or prerogative, such as the exploitation of a natural resource; the granting of such a right; payment received for such a right.
4. The payment received by an owner of real property for exploitation of mineral rights in the property.
5. (by extension) Payment made to a writer, composer, inventor etc for the sale or use of intellectual property, invention etc.
6. (figurative) Someone in a privileged position.
   England will have another manager for the next World Cup, Hodgson’s reign will be defined by a result comparable to losing to the United States in the 1950 World Cup and the now-familiar inquest will begin again in a country that likes to see itself as football royalty. 27 June 2016, Daniel Taylor, “England humiliated as Iceland knock them out of Euro 2016”, in The Guardian, London
7. (poker, slang) A king and a queen as a starting hand in Texas hold 'em.
8. (Scotland, historical) The bounds of a royal burgh.