Royalties

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Royalty \Roy"al*ty\, n.; pl. {Royalties}. [OF. roialt['e],
     royault['e], F. royaut['e]. See {Royal}, and cf. {Regality}.]
     1. The state of being royal; the condition or quality of a
        royal person; kingship; kingly office; sovereignty.
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              Royalty by birth was the sweetest way of majesty.
                                                    --Holyday.
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     2. The person of a king or sovereign; majesty; as, in the
        presence of royalty.
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              For thus his royalty doth speak.      --Shak.
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     3. An emblem of royalty; -- usually in the plural, meaning
        regalia. [Obs.]
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              Wherefore do I assume
              These royalties, and not refuse to reign? --Milton.
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     4. Kingliness; spirit of regal authority.
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              In his royalty of nature
              Reigns that which would be fear'd.    --Shak.
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     5. Domain; province; sphere. --Sir W. Scott.
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     6. 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.
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     7. A share of the product or profit (as of a mine, forest,
        etc.), reserved by the owner for permitting another to use
        the property.
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     8. 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.
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