māiestās ātis, f maior, greatness, grandeur, dignity, majesty, elevation: non esse suae maiestatis, etc. (of the gods): regia, Cs.: tuorum, V.: patria, authority, L.: sanctissima divitiarum, Iu.

—Of the state, the sovereign power, sovereignty: populi R.: (crimen) maiestatis, high-treason: quae res lege maiestatis tenetur, against treason.

— Honor, dignity, excellence, splendor: singularum (mulierum), L.: tua, H.: templorum, Iu.: quanta in oratione maiestas!