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English

Etymology

Middle English maieste, mageste, from Old French majesté, from Latin maiestas|māiestās, derived from Proto-Indo-European *maǵ-yos- "greater", from *maǵ-, *meǵ- "great".

Pronunciation

{| border=1 cellpadding=5 ! !! General American |- | w:IPA|IPA || |- | w:SAMPA|SAMPA || /m{dZ@sti/ |}

An audio transcript can be found at en-us-majesty.ogg

Noun

The quality of being impressive and great
: the majesty of the Great Pyramids

Related terms

Translations

Norwegian: {{t-|no|storslagenhet|m}}, {{t-|no|storslåtthet|m}}

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Majesty \Maj"es*ty\, n.; pl. Majesties. [OE. magestee, F.
majest['e], L. majestas, fr. an old compar. of magnus great.
See Major, Master.]
The dignity and authority of sovereign power; quality or
state which inspires awe or reverence; grandeur; exalted
dignity, whether proceeding from rank, character, or bearing;
imposing loftiness; stateliness; -- usually applied to the
rank and dignity of sovereigns.
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The Lord reigneth; he is clothed with majesty. --Ps.
xciii. 1.
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No sovereign has ever represented the majesty of a
great state with more dignity and grace. --Macaulay.
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2. Hence, used with the possessive pronoun, the title of an
emperor, king or queen; -- in this sense taking a plural;
as, their majesties attended the concert.
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In all the public writs which he [Emperor Charles
V.] now issued as King of Spain, he assumed the
title of Majesty, and required it from his subjects
as a mark of respect. Before that time all the
monarchs of Europe were satisfied with the
appellation of Highness or Grace. --Robertson.
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3. Dignity; elevation of manner or style. --Dryden.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Apostolic \Ap`os*tol"ic\, Apostolical \Ap`os*tol"ic*al\, a. [L.
apostolicus, Gr. ?: cf. F. apostolique.]
1. Pertaining to an apostle, or to the apostles, their times,
or their peculiar spirit; as, an apostolical mission; the
apostolic age.
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2. According to the doctrines of the apostles; delivered or
taught by the apostles; as, apostolic faith or practice.
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3. Of or pertaining to the pope or the papacy; papal.
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Apostolical brief. See under Brief.

Apostolic canons, a collection of rules and precepts
relating to the duty of Christians, and particularly to
the ceremonies and discipline of the church in the second
and third centuries.

Apostolic church, the Christian church; -- so called on
account of its apostolic foundation, doctrine, and order.
The churches of Rome, Alexandria, Antioch, and Jerusalem
were called apostolic churches.

Apostolic constitutions, directions of a nature similar to
the apostolic canons, and perhaps compiled by the same
authors or author.

Apostolic fathers, early Christian writers, who were born
in the first century, and thus touched on the age of the
apostles. They were Polycarp, Clement, Ignatius, and
Hermas; to these Barnabas has sometimes been added.

Apostolic king (or majesty), a title granted by the pope
to the kings of Hungary on account of the extensive
propagation of Christianity by St. Stephen, the founder of
the royal line. It is now a title of the emperor of
Austria in right of the throne of Hungary.

Apostolic see, a see founded and governed by an apostle;
specifically, the Church of Rome; -- so called because, in
the Roman Catholic belief, the pope is the successor of
St. Peter, the prince of the apostles, and the only
apostle who has successors in the apostolic office.

Apostolical succession, the regular and uninterrupted
transmission of ministerial authority by a succession of
bishops from the apostles to any subsequent period.
--Hook.
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WordNet majesty
n : impressiveness in scale or proportion [syn: stateliness, loftiness]

Moby Dictionary
Babylonian splendor , anointed king , augustness , brilliance ,
caliphate , chief , chieftain , consequence , courtliness ,
crowned head , czardom , dignifiedness , dignity , distinction , dynast ,
elaborateness , elegance , elevation , eminence , emperor , emperorship ,
empery , empire , eternity , fame , glory , gorgeousness , grand duke ,
grandeur , grandiosity , grandness , gravity , heroism , high chief ,
holiness , immutability , imperator , imperialism , imposingness ,
impressiveness , infinite goodness , infinite justice , infinite love ,
infinite mercy , infinite power , infinite wisdom , infinity ,
kaiserdom , kaisership , king , king-emperor , kinghood , kinglet ,
kingliness , kingship , lavishness , light , loftiness , lord paramount ,
lordliness , luxuriousness , luxury , magnanimity , magnificence ,
monarch , nobility , notability , omnipotence , omnipotency ,
omnipresence , omniscience , omnisciency , overlord , paramount ,
petty king , plushness , poshness , potentate , pride of bearing ,
pride of place , prince , prince consort , princeliness , prominence ,
proud bearing , proudness , queenhood , queenship , rajaship , regality ,
regnancy , renown , resplendence , ritziness , royal , royal personage ,
royalty , ruler , sedateness , sobriety , solemnity , sovereign ,
sovereignty , splendidness , splendiferousness , splendor , state ,
stateliness , sublimity , sultanate , sultanship , sumptuousness ,
suzerain , tetrarch , the crown , the throne , ubiquity , unity ,
venerability , worthiness

Moby Dictionary
Eminence , Grace , Her Excellency , Her Highness , Her Ladyship ,
Her Majesty , Highness , His Lordship , His Majesty , Honor ,
Imperial Highness , Imperial Majesty , Lady , Ladyship , Lord ,
Lordship , My Lady , My Lord , Reverence , Royal Highness ,
Royal Majesty , Serene Highness , Worship , Your Lordship , milady ,
milord

MAJESTY. Properly speaking, this term can be applied only to God, for it signifies that which surpasses all things in grandeur and superiority. But it is used to kings and emperors, as a title of honor. It sometimes means power, as when we say, the majesty of the people. See, Wolff, Sec. 998.