'Maggiore' definitions:
- Maggiore \Mag`gio"re\ (m[aum]d`j[=o]"r[asl]), a. [It., from L.
major, compar. of magnus great. See Major.] (Mus.)
Greater, in respect to scales, intervals, etc., when used in
opposition to minor; major. --Moore (Encyc. of Music).
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