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To go over to the majority

Majority \Ma*jor"i*ty\, n.; pl. Majorities. [F. majorit['e]. See Major.]

  1. The quality or condition of being major or greater; superiority. Specifically:

    1. The military rank of a major.

    2. The condition of being of full age, or authorized by law to manage one's own affairs.

  2. The greater number; more than half; as, a majority of mankind; a majority of the votes cast.

  3. [Cf. L. majores.] Ancestors; ancestry. [Obs.]

  4. The amount or number by which one aggregate exceeds all other aggregates with which it is contrasted; especially, the number by which the votes for a successful candidate exceed those for all other candidates; as, he is elected by a majority of five hundred votes. See Plurality.

    To go over to the majority or To join the majority, to die.