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royal
Definition:
The term "royal" describes people and things which are 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."
- The term "royal" could also be translated as "kingly" or "belonging to a king."
(See also: ../other/king.md. ../other/palace.md, ../kt/priest.md, ../other/purple.md, ../other/queen.md, ../other/robe.md)