Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - majesty
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Majesty
majesty
(majesties) 1. You use majesty in expressions such as Your Majesty or Her Majesty when you are addressing or referring to a King or Queen. His Majesty requests your presence in the royal chambers... N-VOC: poss N; PRON; poss PRON c darkgreen]politeness 2. Majesty is the quality of being beautiful, dignified, and impressive. ...the majesty of the mainland mountains. N-UNCOUNT
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1.
noun (plural -ties) Etymology: Middle English maieste, from Anglo-French majeste, from Latin majestat-, majestas; akin to Latin major greater Date: 14th century 1. sovereign power, authority, or dignity 2. — used in addressing or referring to reigning sovereigns and their consorts Your Majesty Her Majesty's Government 3. a. royal bearing or aspect ; grandeur b. greatness or splendor of quality or character ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
2.
n. (pl. -ies) 1 impressive stateliness, dignity, or authority, esp. of bearing, language, the law, etc. 2 a royal power. b (Majesty) part of several titles given to a sovereign or a sovereign's wife or widow or used in addressing them (Your Majesty; Her Majesty the Queen Mother). 3 a picture of God or Christ enthroned within an aureole. Phrases and idioms Her (or His) Majesty's part of the title of several State institutions (Her Majesty's Stationery Office). Etymology: ME f. OF majest{eacute} f. L majestas -tatis (as MAJOR) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
3.
1. величественность; величавость, величие 2. (M.) величество (титул) His M. —- его величество Id: His Satanic M. —- его сатанинское величество, дьявол ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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5.
~ n 1 Your/Her/His Majesty used when talking to or about a king or queen (The Prime Minister is here to see you, Your Majesty. | His Majesty the King) 2 the quality of being impressive and powerful that something big has (the awesome majesty of the snow-capped Rocky Mountains) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
6.
- c.1300, from O.Fr. majestй "grandeur, nobility," from L. majestatem (nom. majestas) "greatness, dignity," from stem of major, comp. of magnus "great." Earliest Eng. sense is of God, reference to kings and queens is from Romance languages. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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