Your Majesty

Your Majesty
A title of respect used when addressing a monarch of higher rank than a prince; that is, a king, queen, emperor, or empress.

All our service, In every point twice done and then double done, Were poor and single business to contend Against whose honors deep and broad wherewith Your Majesty loads our house.


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  • majesty — ma|jes|ty [ˈmædʒısti] n plural majesties [Date: 1200 1300; : Old French; Origin: majesté, from Latin majestas] 1.) Your/Her/His Majesty used when talking to or about a king or queen →↑Your/Her/His Highness ▪ The Prime Minister is here to see you …   Dictionary of contemporary English

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