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maiestas.

majesty, greatness, grandeur, prestige

8 characters2 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

noun[majˈjɛs.taːs]Classical-Latin[maˈjɛs.tas]
  1. majesty, greatness, grandeur, prestige

    declension-3
  2. dignity, honor, splendor

    declension-3
  3. authority sovereignty

    declension-3
  4. authority ellipsis of crīmen maiestātis or lēx maiestātis (“treason, high treason, lèse majesté”)

    abbreviation · alt-of · declension-3 · ellipsis
Where this word comes from

From Proto Italic *magjes, a variant of *magjōs + *-tāts; perhaps influenced by honestās. By surface analysis, maior + -tās. Sense 3.2. refers to the majesty, sovereignty of the populus Rōmānus, the Roman people.

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