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Majesty

.—This word once signified greatness of mind; but since it has been used as a title for kings, it has of course acquired a contrary interpretation. It is indiscriminately applied to a Trajan and a Louis; a Harry the Fourth of France and a George the Third of England.

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Entry taken from A Political Dictionary, by Charles Pigott, 1795.

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Majesty