Regius

[ri:dʒiәs]

Definition

(a.) Of or pertaining to a king; royal.

Edited by Lelia

Definition

adj. appointed by the Crown as Rē′gius profess′or one whose chair was founded by Henry VIII.; in Scotland any professor whose chair was founded by the Crown.—Rē′gium dō′num an annual grant of public money to Presbyterian and other nonconformist ministers in England Scotland and esp. Ireland where it only ceased in 1871.

Checker: Newman