Regis

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Regis is an honorific term historically used in English to denote royal association, particularly in place names granted royal patronage.

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Regis canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Latin word
honorific term
appearsIn British place names
English toponyms
associatedWith English royal charters
medieval Latin records in England
category Latin legal and administrative terminology
contrastsWith Reginae
denotes royal association
royal patronage
derivedFrom Latin noun rex
etymologicalRoot Proto-Indo-European *h₃rēǵ-
Proto-Italic *rēg-
exampleOfUse Bognor Regis
Lyme Regis
Milford Regis
Salcombe Regis
fieldOfUse historical linguistics
toponymy
grammaticalCase genitive
historicalUsage early modern England
medieval England
indicates that a place had a royal charter
that a place had a special relationship to the Crown
that a place was under royal patronage
language Latin
literalMeaning of the king
meaningInEnglish king
number singular
orthography capitalized in English place names
partOfSpeech genitive singular form of a noun
ReginaeMeaning of the queen
relatedConcept royal borough
royal charter
semanticField royalty
typicalUsage institution names
place names
usedAs postposed qualifier in names
usedBy English monarchy in grants of patronage
usedIn royal styles and titles in Latin documents
usedInLanguage English
writingSystem Latin alphabet

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Bognor Regis hasHonorific Regis