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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary maj·es·ty (plural -ties) ETYMOLOGY Middle English maieste, from Anglo-French majesté, 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 English Etymology majesty c.1300, "greatness, glory," from O.Fr . majeste "grandeur, nobility," from L. majestatem (nom. majestas) "greatness, dignity, honor, excellence," from stem of major (neut. majus), comp. of magnus "great." Earliest Eng. sense is of God, reference to kings and queens (late 14c.) is from Romance languages and descends from the Roman Empire.http://O.Fr Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7 majesty maj·esty / 5mAdVEsti / noun(pl. -ies) 1. [U] the impressive and attractive quality that sth has 雄伟壮观；庄严；威严: the sheer majesty of St Peter's in Rome 罗马圣彼得大教堂的雄伟庄严 the majesty of the music 那音乐的庄严气氛 2. [C] His / Her / Your Majesty a title of respect used when speaking about or to a king or queen (对国王或女王的尊称)陛下 3. [U] royal power 王权 Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged maj·es·ty \ˈmajə̇stē, -ti\ noun (-es) Etymology: Middle English maieste, magestee, from Old French majesté, from Late Latin majestat-, majestas, from Latin, sovereign power, dignity, authority, from a base akin to Latin major greater (compar. of magnus great) + -tat-, -tas -ty — more at much 1. a. capitalized : the sovereign greatness, authority, or dominion of God < seated at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in heaven — Heb 8:1 (Revised Standard Version) > b. : sovereign power, authority, or dignity : kingly greatness < the kingdom of truth is a threat to every historical majesty — Reinhold Niebuhr > < a tyrannous sun, whose majesty was almost insupportable, lorded it over the world — James Stephens > c. : the person of a sovereign < and watching, one knew that majesty had passed > 2. [Middle English mageste, from Middle French or Medieval Latin; Middle French majesté, from Medieval Latin majestat-, majestas, from Latin] — used with your in addressing reigning sovereigns and their consorts and with his, her, or their as a periphrastic designation of these < he had pleaded with her majesty to let him study the art of war in the tented field — A.B.Feldman > < Your Majesty > < Their Majesties of England — Frank Yerby > 3. [Middle French maiesté, from Medieval Latin majestat-, majestas] : a representation in graphic or plastic art of God the Father, of Christ, of the Virgin, or of the three persons of the Trinity enthroned in glory 4. a. : royal dignity, bearing, or aspect : stateliness < there is a majesty that surrounds a president in Soviet eyes — M.W.Straight > b. : august or commanding power, effect, or appearance : grandeur < the luminous band of the Milky Way that stretches in quiet majesty all around the sky — B.J.Bok > < stood up straight, in all the majesty of his giant stature — Liam O'Flaherty > < this link between mortals and forces shaping their lives was the mighty concern which gave a kind of majesty to … his plays — John Mason Brown > 5. : greatness or splendor of quality or character < at his best in sudden majesty of phrase — Virginia Woolf > < nightingales disturbed the majesty of great nights — F.M.Ford > |
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