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- pronoun a term of address for
royalty andimperiality
Etymologies
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Examples
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_Opinion addressed to his Majesty by Fray Pedro de Sant Pablo, preacher and provincial minister of the province of Sant Gregorio of the discalced religious of the Philipinas Islands, of the Order of the seraphic Father St. Francis, for the increase and conservation of the said states of his Majesty, by reason of the building of ships and repartimiento [17] for the service of his Majesty_.
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Parliament whereby the crown is settled upon her Majesty, _and whereby the Lords Spiritual and Temporal and Commons do, in the name of all the people of England, most humbly and faithfully submit themselves, their heirs and posterities, to her Majesty_, which this general principle of absolute non-resistance must certainly shake.
The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 04 (of 12) Edmund Burke 1763
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* That in the deep sense of the miseries of a war in the bowels of the kingdom, they thought themselves bound in conscience, humbly to offer to his Majesty, that, in their opinions, the only visible way to preserve his Majesty and the kingdom, would be the calliog of a free parliament, wherein they should be most ready to promote such counsels and resolutions of peace and set* tleroent in church and state, as might conduce to his Majesty*! honour and safety, and to the quieting the minds of lus people/
Collins's Peerage of England; Genealogical, Biographical, and Historical 1812
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Over the great west doors, a tympanum depicting Christ in Majesty and the Final Judgement, showed that one entered into the heavenly city having been judged by Christ as worthy.
The Theology and Metaphysics of the Gothic Cathedral - part 2 2009
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I still remember being thrown out of a book in which a king was addressed as Your Grace — before I learned that Your Majesty is a modern innovation and he would have been Your Grace.
When What We Think We Know, Is Actually Wrong at SF Novelists 2009
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Now I dunno about you, but I reckon Her Majesty is going to get really fed-up with my colleagues on ‘light duties’ calling her up for her views on Section 5s etc.
WARNING – BULLSHIT ALERT « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2009
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In a bid to modernise the Monarchy and to bring the succession process in line with modern thinking, Her Majesty is to appear in a new Reality TV show, 'Britain's Next Monarch'.
Archive 2009-03-01 Dungeekin 2009
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In a bid to modernise the Monarchy and to bring the succession process in line with modern thinking, Her Majesty is to appear in a new Reality TV show, 'Britain's Next Monarch'.
Monarchy Faces Constitutional Reform Dungeekin 2009
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Golden angels trumpet over sumptuous screens, fan vaulting soars up to great heights to where Christ in Majesty presides over the nave.
Atheists & Dolphins Peter Ashley 2008
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I am beginning to think that I need to be treated, or counselled, over my O.B.E. Not the gong in its velvet box that Her Majesty is doubtless buffing-up as I write, but Old Brand Excess.
Mustard & Gravy Peter Ashley 2008
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