royal house
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4.7
- noun
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casa real
- The story revolves around two sets of Swedish brothers in two generations, forming two fraternal branches of the same royal house.
Examples
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These girls were selected from every royal house in the empire.
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Zalasta did know that Anakha's father would resist such an abomination to the death and hoped to thereby separate the house of Sparhawk from the royal house of Elenia.
Fiction book (1993) -
I mean, it could easily be that any one of you here is related to a royal house.
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I saw the mark of the royal house on your tunic.
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Did you visit all the royal houses, Mr Parkin?
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Flavia is a princess of the royal house.
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Though rough, the parallels between the troubles of the Swedish royal house and those of Hrothgar's family are compelling.
Academic text (2016) -
If this is so, the path of transmission of these dynastic symbols traces the uncertainties surrounding the two sets of brothers in the Danish royal house.
Academic text (2016) -
Indeed, the royal House of Chuda traces its roots to the Tidaeus of Penminoth, an old Echelwyer family with lands in Ennismon.
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These girls were selected from every royal house in the empire.
Synonyms
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7.9
A family of rulers from the same line
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3.5
People from a ruling family, like kings or queens
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5.3
A family whose members lead a country or group for many generations
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1.8
Close relatives of a king or queen who rules a country
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4.9
A family of kings and queens who are related by birth
How Royal
Surface Forms
Morphology
Both constituents are directly related to the MWE meaning: 'royal' means relating to kings/queens and 'house' (in the provided sense) means a family line or dynasty, so their combination straightforwardly yields 'a royal dynasty'. This adjective+noun composition is cross-linguistically common (e.g. Spanish 'casa real', French 'maison royale') and follows standard English patterns, making it immediately comprehensible to a B1 learner who knows the constituent meanings.
Etymology
Royal house may come from using house to mean a family or line, not just a building. Imagine a great house where kings and queens live and pass power to their children; that picture helps explain why royal house means a ruling 'family' or 'dynasty'.