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nonroyal

nonroyal

5.1
Not related to a king, queen, or royal family
  • adjective
  • /nɒnˈrɔɪəl/
translation icon : no real
  • Nonroyal women are not memorialized in court art.
  • royal and nonroyal
  • nonroyal women

Examples

  • Like the iloi, ordinary women (that is, nonroyal, freeborn women) could be transformed by deeds and remembered in oral tradition, local cults, and masquerades.

    Academic text (1993)
  • Then, of course, as soon as one tries to fit the entire range of altar furniture into a brass/wood, royal/nonroyal paradigm, one realizes the complex dangers.

    Academic text (1997)
  • In contrast, certain forms of altar furnishing are cast in brass for the altars dedicated to the king's ancestors but carved in wood for nonroyal ancestors.

    Academic text (1997)
  • Costume ornaments carved in ivory for the king are cast in brass for nonroyal titled men such as the town chiefs, and also the palace chiefs (Figs. 7, 8).

    Academic text (1997)
  • Only nonroyal women had facial tattoos in the form of flat, black blades (Fig. 11), wholly different in number, pattern, and placement from the three or four marks above the eyes discussed here (Aisen 1986:27, 34, 42).

    Academic text (1993)
  • In that society, nonroyal citizens had different privileges compared to those born into the royal family.

  • Nonroyal nonroyal artists often contributed to public festivals, showcasing their work to the entire community.

  • Many nonroyal people participated in the election, advocating for the changes they desired in local governance.

Antonyms

497 3.1

Relating to a king or queen and their family

Surface Forms

nonroyal positive

Morphology

nonroyal = royal (transparent) = non + royal

Clear negative prefix 'non-' attached to 'royal' yields the straightforward meaning 'not royal'.

Etymology

Nonroyal is made from non- meaning 'not' and royal meaning 'of a king or queen', so it describes things that are not connected to the royal family, like ordinary homes or tombs.