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<syn>Syn. -- August; splendid; grand; sublime; magnificent; imperial; regal; pompous; stately; lofty; dignified; elevated.</syn>

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<h1>Majestical</h1> <Xpage=885>

<hw>Ma*jes"tic*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Majestic.</def>

<i>Cowley.</i>

<blockquote>An older architecture, greater, cunninger, more <b>majestical</b>. <i>M. Arnold.</i></blockquote>

-- <wordforms><wf>Ma*jes"tic*al*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt> -- <wf>Ma*jes"tic*al*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Majesticness</h1> <Xpage=885>

<hw>Ma*jes"tic*ness</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The quality or state of being majestic.</def>

<i>Oldenburg.</i>

<h1>Majesty</h1> <Xpage=885>

<hw>Maj"es*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Majesties</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[OE. <ets>magestee</ets>, F. <ets>majest\'82</ets>, L. <ets>majestas</ets>, fr. an old compar. of <ets>magnus</ets> great. See <er>Major</er>, <er>Master</er>.]</ety> <def>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.</def>

<blockquote>The Lord reigneth; he is clothed with <b>majesty</b>. <i>Ps. xciii. 1.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>No sovereign has ever represented the <b>majesty</b> of great state with more dignity and grace. <i>Macaulay.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Hence, used with the possessive pronoun, the title of an emperor, king or queen; -- in this sense taking a plural; <as>as, their <ex>majesties</ex> attended the concert</as>.</def>

<blockquote>In all the public writs which he [Emperor Charles V.] now issued as King of Spain, he assumed the title of <b>Majesty</b>, 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 <b>Highness</b> or <b>Grace</b>. <i>Robertson.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Dignity; elevation of manner or style.</def>

<i>Dryden.</i>

<h1>Majolica</h1> <Xpage=885>

<hw>Ma*jol"i*ca</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[It.]</ety> <def>A kind of pottery, with opaque glazing and showy, which reached its greatest perfection in Italy in the 16th century.</def>

<note>&hand; The term is said to be derived from Majorca, which was an early seat of this manufacture.</note>

<i>Heyse.</i>

<h1>Major</h1> <Xpage=885>

<hw>Ma"jor</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <ety>[L. <ets>major</ets>, compar. of magnus great: cf. F. <ets>majeur</ets>. Cf. <er>Master</er>, <er>Mayor</er>, <er>Magnitude</er>, <er>More</er>, <tt>a.</tt>]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Greater in number, quantity, or extent; <as>as, the <ex>major</ex> part of the assembly; the <ex>major</ex> part of the revenue; the <ex>major</ex> part of the territory.</as></def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Of greater dignity; more important.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Of full legal age.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<p><b>4.</b> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>Greater by a semitone, either in interval or in difference of pitch from another tone.</def>