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Majesty   /mˈædʒəsti/   Listen
noun
Majesty  n.  (pl. majesties)  
1.
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. "The Lord reigneth; he is clothed with majesty." "No sovereign has ever represented the majesty of a great state with more dignity and grace."
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. "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."
3.
Dignity; elevation of manner or style.






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"Majesty" Quotes from Famous Books



... assassins; and we have always admired the reply of the clergyman to whom the King condescended to tell his story, in the hope of convincing him of its truth. "Doubtless," said that skeptical, but pious personage, "I must believe it, since your Majesty says you saw it; but I would not have believed it, had I seen it with my own eyes." Was ever a king more cleverly told that he was a liar? The Earl of Murray, Mary Stuart's bastard brother, and the first of many regents who ruled Scotland ...
— The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 93, July, 1865 • Various

... The majesty and sublimity of the stupendous works of the great Author and Creator of the Universe, when contrasted with the insignificance of the powers and achievements of a vivified atom of earth modeled into human form, are probably ...
— Woman on the American Frontier • William Worthington Fowler

... stories told by his brother Jews made Nehemiah sad, and his sadness showed in his face even when he came before the king. This was dangerous, for a part of his duty was to keep the king in a cheerful humor. But his Majesty was not angry, but asked him "Why are you so sad?" Nehemiah answered by telling him the story of his native land and its pitiable condition; and then and there with a prayer in his heart he asked the king to give him a leave of absence, and to permit him to go to Jerusalem and help the people ...
— Hebrew Life and Times • Harold B. Hunting

... Thurlow, Lord Eldon was in close intimacy with George III in the days when his Majesty's mind was supposed to be not very strong. "I took down to Kew," relates his lordship, "some Bills for his assent, and I placed on a paper the titles and the effect of them. The king, being perhaps suspicious that my coming down might be to judge of his competence ...
— Law and Laughter • George Alexander Morton

... passed to bear faithful allegiance to King George, the Third, "while his majesty delights to reign over a free people," a proviso worth noting; also worthy of note is the fact that this resolution pledged them to do everything in their power for the defence of American liberty. Indeed, many of the men shook hands on an agreement to march to the defence ...
— Rodney, the Ranger - With Daniel Morgan on Trail and Battlefield • John V. Lane


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