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 ## Definition: ##
 
-The term "royal" describes people and things which are associated with a king or queen.
+The term "royal" describes people and things associated with a king or queen.
 
-* Examples of things that can be called "royal" include a king's clothing, palace, throne, or crown.
-* A king or queen usually lives in a royal palace.
-* A king wears special clothing, sometimes called "royal robes." Often a king's robes were colored purple, which was a rare and expensive type of dye.
-* In the New Testament, believers in Jesus are called a "royal priesthood." Other ways to translate this could include "priests who serve God the King" or "called to be priests for God the King."
+* Examples of things that could be called "royal" include a king's clothing, palace, throne, and crown.
+* A king or queen usually lived in a royal palace.
+* A king wore special clothing, sometimes called "royal robes." Often a king's robes were purple, this color could only be produced by  a rare and expensive type of dye.
+* In the New Testament, believers in Jesus were called a "royal priesthood." Other ways to translate this could include "priests who serve God the King" or "called to be priests for God the King."
 * The term "royal" could also be translated as "kingly" or "belonging to a king."
 
 (See also: [king](../other/king.md). [palace](../other/palace.md), [priest](../kt/priest.md), [purple](../other/purple.md), [queen](../other/queen.md), [robe](../other/robe.md))