noun domain; province; sphere.
2. royalty ·noun kingliness; spirit of regal authority.
3. royalty ·noun an emblem of royalty;
usually in the plural, meaning regalia.
4. royalty ·noun the person of a king or sovereign; majesty; as, in the presence of royalty.
5. royalty ·noun the state of being royal; the condition or quality of a royal person; kingship; kingly office; sovereignty.
6. royalty ·noun a share of the product or profit (as of a mine, forest, ·etc.), reserved by the owner for permitting another to use the property.
7. royalty ·noun 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.
8. royalty ·noun 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.