Majesty Definition

măjĭ-stē
majesties
noun
majesties
The dignity or power of a sovereign.
Webster's New World
Sovereign power.
The majesty of the law.
Webster's New World
A royal personage.
American Heritage
A title used in speaking to or of a sovereign, preceded by Your or by His or Her.
Webster's New World
Grandeur or stateliness.
Webster's New World
pronoun

A term of address for royalty and imperiality.

His/Her/Your Majesty.
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Other Word Forms of Majesty

Noun

Singular:
majesty
Plural:
majesties

Origin of Majesty

  • From an alternative capitalization of English majesty, from Middle English maieste, mageste, from Old French majeste, from Latin māiestās, derived from *meǵhâ‚‚s (“great").

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English maieste, mageste, from Old French majesté, from Latin māiestās, derived from *meǵhâ‚‚s (“great"). See mega-.

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English mageste, maieste from Old French majeste from Latin māiestās meg- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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