'Majesty' definitions:
Definition of 'majesty'
From: WordNet
noun
Impressiveness in scale or proportion [syn: stateliness, majesty, loftiness]
Definition of 'Majesty'
From: GCIDE
- Majesty \Maj"es*ty\, n.; pl. Majesties. [OE. magestee, F. majest['e], L. majestas, fr. an old compar. of magnus great. See Major, Master.] 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. [1913 Webster]
- The Lord reigneth; he is clothed with majesty. --Ps. xciii. 1. [1913 Webster]
- No sovereign has ever represented the majesty of a great state with more dignity and grace. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Hence, used with the possessive pronoun, the title of an emperor, king or queen; -- in this sense taking a plural; as, their majesties attended the concert. [1913 Webster]
- In all the public writs which he [Emperor Charles V.] now issued as King of Spain, he assumed the title of Majesty, 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 Highness or Grace. --Robertson. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Dignity; elevation of manner or style. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'Majesty'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- Eminence,
- Grace,
- Her Excellency,
- Her Highness,
- Her Ladyship,
- Her Majesty,
- Highness,
- His Lordship,
- His Majesty,
- Honor,
- Imperial Highness,
- Imperial Majesty,
- Lady,
- Ladyship,
- Lord,
- Lordship,
- milady,
- milord,
- My Lady,
- My Lord,
- Reverence,
- Royal Highness,
- Royal Majesty,
- Serene Highness,
- Worship,
- Your Lordship
Synonyms of 'majesty'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- anointed king,
- augustness,
- Babylonian splendor,
- brilliance,
- caliphate,
- chief,
- chieftain,
- consequence,
- courtliness,
- crowned head,
- czardom,
- dignifiedness,
- dignity,
- distinction,
- dynast,
- elaborateness,
- elegance,
- elevation,
- eminence,
- emperor,
- emperorship,
- empery,
- empire,
- eternity,
- fame,
- glory,
- gorgeousness,
- grand duke,
- grandeur,
- grandiosity,
- grandness,
- gravity,
- heroism,
- high chief,
- holiness,
- immutability,
- imperator,
- imperialism,
- imposingness,
- impressiveness,
- infinite goodness,
- infinite justice,
- infinite love,
- infinite mercy,
- infinite power,
- infinite wisdom,
- infinity,
- kaiserdom,
- kaisership,
- king,
- king-emperor,
- kinghood,
- kinglet,
- kingliness,
- kingship,
- lavishness,
- light,
- loftiness,
- lord paramount,
- lordliness,
- luxuriousness,
- luxury,
- magnanimity,
- magnificence,
- monarch,
- nobility,
- notability,
- omnipotence,
- omnipotency,
- omnipresence,
- omniscience,
- omnisciency,
- overlord,
- paramount,
- petty king,
- plushness,
- poshness,
- potentate,
- pride of bearing,
- pride of place,
- prince,
- prince consort,
- princeliness,
- prominence,
- proud bearing,
- proudness,
- queenhood,
- queenship,
- rajaship,
- regality,
- regnancy,
- renown,
- resplendence,
- ritziness,
- royal,
- royal personage,
- royalty,
- ruler,
- sedateness,
- sobriety,
- solemnity,
- sovereign,
- sovereignty,
- splendidness,
- splendiferousness,
- splendor,
- state,
- stateliness,
- sublimity,
- sultanate,
- sultanship,
- sumptuousness,
- suzerain,
- tetrarch,
- the crown,
- the throne,
- ubiquity,
- unity,
- venerability,
- worthiness