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Definition of Majestic
1. Adjective. Majestic in manner or bearing; superior to mundane matters. "Olympian beauty and serene composure"
2. Adjective. Having or displaying great dignity or nobility. "Proud alpine peaks"
3. Adjective. Belonging to or befitting a supreme ruler. "The royal carriage of a stag's head"
Definition of Majestic
1. a. Possessing or exhibiting majesty; of august dignity, stateliness, or imposing grandeur; lofty; noble; grand.
Definition of Majestic
1. Adjective. Having qualities of splendor or royalty. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Majestic
1. having majesty [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Majestic
Literary usage of Majestic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1890)
"Here his first lays majestic Denham sung. Pope, Windsor Forest, L 271. 2.
Characteristic of or manifesting majesty; lofty; grand; sublime: as, a majestic ..."
2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1911)
"Two guns on cither side (four in the " majestic " class) were mounted with arcs
of fire of from 60° capacity which were to kill and demoralize his personnel ..."
3. The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the by Richard Hakluyt (1903)
"12 Also that it will please his highnesse to understand at the Queenes most
excellent majestic, at the earnest ite and request of Andrea Savin his Majesties ..."
4. The Gentleman's Magazine (1824)
"I tolde his majestic that I had received letters lately from England, wherin I
was assured of her majestic's perfect health: and ..."
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