Crossword clues for majesties
majesties
The Collaborative International Dictionary
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. The Lord reigneth; he is clothed with majesty. --Ps. xciii.
No sovereign has ever represented the majesty of a great state with more dignity and grace.
--Macaulay.-
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.
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. Dignity; elevation of manner or style.
--Dryden.
Wiktionary
n. (plural of majesty English)
Usage examples of "majesties".
Make no mistake, Your Majesties, what you have here is an embryo theocracy, a 'government by God.
Vidicon, knowing his peril, yet determined to discover the news that Their Majesties did need.
In recognition thereof, Their Majesties do bestow upon him the honor of the Order of the Wheel!
I would also wait for any particular directions or commands if their Majesties please to give mee any for the fuller ordering this perplexed affair.
Wilkins, but before that Answer, at yours and your Fathers complaint, I was brought before their Majesties Justice, by Warrant, as for Scandalous Libels against your self, and was bound over to Answer at Sessions.
Sir William Phips arrived with Commission from Their Majesties to be Governour, pursuant to the New-Charter.
Still, Majesties, my siblings are at least as capable as I, and far more current with matters on Gramarye.
Very well, Majesties, I will set inquiries in motion, though you will understand I cannot make them myself.
Sir Nabon must think them important indeed to send them to Their Majesties in the mist of a battle!
Governance he left to Their Majesties or, possibly, Cordelia-he knew he would make a botch of it if he tried.
I live in the world that is, and will let Their Majesties decide whether or not it is right or wrong.
He darted quick glances at her, yes, but also kept glancing at the Duke, at his sister, at Their Majesties, and at Quicksilver.