majesty -
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.
Her (or His) Majesty's part of the title of several State institutions (Her Majesty's Stationery Office). [ME f. OF majest
f. L majestas -tatis (as MAJOR)]
