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  • pronoun a term of address for royalty and imperiality

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From Middle English maieste, mageste, from Old French majeste, from Latin māiestās, derived from Proto-Indo-European *maǵ-yos- (“greater”), from *maǵ-, *meǵ- (“great”).

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