1. (n.) The state of being royal; the condition or quality of a royal person; kingship; kingly office; sovereignty.

2. (n.) The person of a king or sovereign; majesty; as, in the presence of royalty.

3. (n.) An emblem of royalty; -- usually in the plural, meaning regalia.

4. (n.) Kingliness; spirit of regal authority.

5. (n.) Domain; province; sphere.

6. (n.) 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. (n.) 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. (n.) 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.

FFVs ancestry ancienne noblesse anointed king aristocracy aristocraticalness avails baronage baronetage birth blood blue blood box office caliphate chief chieftain chivalry commission commissions compensation credit credits crowned head cut czardom disposable income distinction dividend dividends dynast earned income earnings elect elite emperor emperorship empery empire gains gate gate receipts genteelness gentility get grand duke gross gross income gross receipts haut monde high chief high life high society honorable descent imperator imperialism income intake kaiserdom kaisership king king-emperor kinghood kinglet kingship knightage lord paramount majesty make monarch net net income net receipts nobility noble birth nobleness noblesse noblesse de robe old nobility output overlord paramount payment peerage percentage petty king potentate prince prince consort proceeds produce profits quality queenhood queenship rajaship rake-off rank receipt receipts receivables regnancy returns revenue royal royal personage royalties ruler share sovereign sovereignty sultanate sultanship suzerain take take-in takings tetrarch the Four Hundred the classes the crown the throne unearned income upper classes upper crust upper ten upper ten thousand uppercut yield