blood royal

noun

1. all persons related by birth to a hereditary monarch, taken collectively; the royal kin:

   a prince of the blood royal.

Word History and Origins

Origin of blood royal¹

First recorded in 1595–1605

Example Sentences

The lords of the Court, on the contrary, and the princes of the blood royal, appeared very indifferent to it.

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Certainly he was possessed by no extravagant notions of the divinity of blood-royal.

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Certain of the leaders indeed, and notably the princes of the blood royal, knew no more than she.

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Indeed, after the death of Akbar, three princes of the blood royal were solemnly baptized.

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And the king sent Lysias, one of the blood royal, with a great army to go into the land of Juda and destroy it.

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