Majesty

['mædʒɪstɪ] or ['mædʒəsti]

Definition

(n.) 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.

(n.) 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.

(n.) Dignity; elevation of manner or style.

Typed by Camilla

Synonyms and Synonymous

n. Grandeur, dignity, stateliness.

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Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Dignity, grandeur, augustness

Typist: Weldon

Definition

n. greatness: grandeur: dignity: elevation of manner or style: royal state: a title of kings and other sovereigns esp. with possessive pronouns as His or Her Majesty &c.: a symbolic representation of the first person of the Trinity enthroned: the canopy of a hearse: (her.) an eagle crowned and sceptred.—adjs. Majes′tic -al having or exhibiting majesty: stately: sublime.—adv. Majes′tically in a majestic manner.—n. Majes′ticalness Majes′ticness majesty.

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