royalty
part of speech
noun (royalty — uncountable; a royalty, royalties)
meaning for a pupil
1) Royalty means kings, queens, princes, princesses and their families. tree →
2) Royalty is the state of being royal. tree →
3) (money) Royalties are payments made to writers, musicians or inventors each time their work is sold or used. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Jeremiah says that among all nations' kings there is none like God, who is the true King. Interpretation: Tradition sees God as the true King of all kings, and this is the idea behind many prayers that call Him "King of the universe." In the primary lessons: In history lessons it is about the royal family; in everyday life and money, authors get royalties from book sales. Phrases: treated like royalty, royalty payments, pay royalties.
examples
- For it befitteth Thee; forasmuch as among all the wise men of the nations, and in all their royalty, there is none like unto Thee. (Prophets JER.10.7, JPS 1917) tree →
- The guests were treated like royalty. tree →
- Royalty lived in the castle. tree →
- The author gets royalties from every book sold. tree →
- Kings and queens are royalty. tree →
- The singer earns royalties when songs are played. tree →
- Many people love watching royalty at events. tree →
- Only one sign of royalty remained to him, and that was the signet ring upon his right hand. tree →
note
Uncountable for royal people; countable for payments (royalties). In maths problems a royalty is often a percentage of the price.
In the corpora
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «royalty» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.