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majesty

UK/ˈmæd͡ʒ.əs.ti//ˈmæd͡ʒ.ə.sti/

majesty noun: the quality of being impressive, great, dignified, powerful, sovereign, or any combination thereof.

Noun

majesty (countable and uncountable, plural majesties)

  1. The quality of being impressive, great, dignified, powerful, sovereign, or any combination thereof.
    • the majesty of the Great Pyramids

Pronoun capitalized: Majesty

Majesty (plural Majesties)

  1. a term of address for royalty and imperiality
    • His/Her/Your Majesty

majesty meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

majesty in Hindi

the quality of being impressive and great
महिमा mahimā

majesty in Tamil

மாட்சிமை, கம்பீரம், மிடுக்கு

majesty in Marathi

majesty, opulence
ऐश्वर्य aiśvarya
majesty
वैभव vaibhav

majesty in Urdu

عظمت, دبدبہ, جلال, شکوہ, سطوت
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majesty in Bengali
মহিমা, রাজকীয় মর্যাদা, মহামান্য
majesty in Malayalam
പ്രതാപം, തിരുമേനി, രാജപ്രൗഡി, മഹത്വം
majesty in Kannada
ಹಿರಿಮೆ, ಗೌರವ, ಘನತೆ, ದೊಡ್ಡ ಅಂತಸ್ತು
majesty in Odia
ଐଶ୍ୱର୍ଯ୍ୟ aiśwarjya, ସମ୍ପତ୍ତି sampatti
majesty in Sanskrit
द्युम्न dyumna
majesty in Tagalog
kadakilaan
majesty in Arabic
جَلَالَة jalāla
majesty in Persian
شکوه šokuh
Sindhi
عظمت azmat

Examples of majesty in a sentence

  • Your majesty, stop him before he makes you the jest of the court.
  • Lese majesty used to be a high crime, for which royal or imperial courts often put offenders to death.
  • The queen appeared in resplendent majesty.

All 21 example sentences with majesty

Forms of majesty

Noun
pluralmajesties
alternative formmaiesty
alternative form (obsolete)majestie
alternative contraction (obsolete)majty
alternative contraction (obsolete)maᵗⁱᵉ
Pronoun
pluralMajesties

Plural of majesty: majesties

Origin of majesty

From Middle English majeste, mageste, from Old French majesté, from Latin maiestātem, (literally, "the quality of being greater”). Ultimately derived from Proto-Indo-European *meǵh₂s (“great”) See mega-.

From an alternative capitalization of English majesty, from Middle English maieste, mageste, from Old French majesté, from Latin māiestās, derived from Proto-Indo-European *meǵh₂s (“great”).

Words formed from majesty

Phrases with majesty

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Questions about majesty

What does majesty mean?
Majesty means the quality of being impressive, great, dignified, powerful, sovereign, or any combination thereof.
What is majesty in Hindi?
Majesty in Hindi is महिमा (mahimā). See Majesty meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is majesty?
Majesty can be a noun or a pronoun.
How do you pronounce majesty?
Majesty is pronounced /ˈmæd͡ʒ.əs.ti/ (UK).
What is the plural of majesty?
The plural of majesty is majesties.

Words near majesty in the dictionary

  1. majestify
  2. majestifying
  3. majestious
  4. majestrix
  5. majestuous
  6. majesty
  7. majestyship
  8. majestyships
  9. Majette
  10. Majettes
  11. Majewski

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: majesty (page history and authors); Majesty (page history and authors); majesty (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ऐश्वर्य (Marathi) (page history and authors); majesty (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); Majesty (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); majesty (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); majesty (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ଐଶ୍ୱର୍ଯ୍ୟ (Odia) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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