regnal year

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Definition of regnal year in English English dictionary

A year in the reign of a monarch, beginning on the day of accession, the set of which are numbered ordinally. Formerly laws in the United Kingdom were identified in part by the regnal year of the monarch, and this practice is still followed in some Commonwealth countries

Related Terms

regnal years

plural form of regnal year

Hyphenation

reg·nal year