The royal charter granted the university the authority to award degrees and conduct research independently.
皇家宪章授予该大学独立授予学位和开展研究的权力。
Historian Anders Holm agrees that the press mattered but argues that centralized royal courts, which had already begun promoting a single dialect for official documents before print became widespread, were an equally necessary precondition for the standardization Nogueira describes.
From a Cross-Text Connections question · Craft and Structure
Which choice best defines “royal”?
C — Relating to king/queen. “royal” means relating to king/queen.
Which word means “relating to king/queen”?
D — royal. “royal” means relating to king/queen.
royal — relating to king/queen. In Chinese: 皇家的，王室的.
royal is pronounced /ˈrɔɪəl/.
The royal charter granted the university the authority to award degrees and conduct research independently. (皇家宪章授予该大学独立授予学位和开展研究的权力。)
regal, monarchical, sovereign — all close in meaning to royal (relating to king/queen).
common, plebeian — each the opposite of royal (relating to king/queen).
Yes. royal is on the SAT Prep Basic list — the everyday academic words the SAT assumes you already have. The Digital SAT does not test vocabulary in isolation; words like this one are tested through Words in Context questions, where you choose the word that completes a passage most logically and precisely.
royal (related to royalty)