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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Majestic \Ma*jes"tic\, a. [From {Majesty}.]
     Possessing or exhibiting majesty; of august dignity,
     stateliness, or imposing grandeur; lofty; noble; grand. "The
     majestic world." --Shak. "Tethys' grave majestic pace."
     --Milton.
     [1913 Webster]


  
           The least portions must be of the epic kind; all must
           be grave, majestic, and sublime.         --Dryden.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Syn: August; splendid; grand; sublime; magnificent; imperial;
          regal; pompous; stately; lofty; dignified; elevated.
          [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  majestic
       adj 1: majestic in manner or bearing; superior to mundane matters;
              "his majestic presence"; "olympian detachment";
              "olympian beauty and serene composure" [syn: {olympian}]
       2: having or displaying great dignity or nobility; "a gallant
          pageant"; "lofty ships"; "majestic cities"; "proud alpine
          peaks" [syn: {gallant}, {lofty}, {proud}]
       3: belonging to or befitting a supreme ruler; "golden age of
          imperial splendor"; "purple tyrant"; "regal attire";
          "treated with royal acclaim"; "the royal carriage of a
          stag's head" [syn: {imperial}, {purple}, {regal}, {royal}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  140 Moby Thesaurus words for "majestic":
     Babylonian, Corinthian, affected, all-knowing, all-powerful,
     all-seeing, all-wise, almighty, aristocratic, arrogant, august,
     awe-inspiring, awesome, awful, barbaric, boundless, ceremonious,
     changeless, courtly, creating, creative, deluxe, dignified,
     disdainful, distinguished, dynastic, elaborate, elegant, elevated,
     eminent, eternal, eternally the same, everlasting, exalted,
     extravagant, famous, fancy, fine, glorious, godlike, good, grand,
     grandiose, grave, hallowed, haughty, heroic, high, highest, holy,
     immortal, immutable, imperatorial, imperatorious, imperial,
     imperious, imposing, impressive, infinite, inspiring, just,
     kinglike, kingly, lauded, limitless, lofty, lordly, loving,
     luminous, luxurious, magisterial, magnanimous, magnificent, making,
     merciful, monarchal, monarchial, monarchic, monarchical,
     monumental, moving, noble, numinous, omnipotent, omnipresent,
     omniscient, one, palatial, permanent, perpetual, plush, pompous,
     posh, princelike, princely, prominent, proud, purple, queenlike,
     queenly, radiant, regal, renowned, ritzy, royal, sacred, sedate,
     serious, shaping, soaring, sober, solemn, sovereign, splendacious,
     splendid, splendiferous, stately, statuesque, striking, sublime,
     sumptuous, superb, supercilious, superfancy, superfine, superior,
     supreme, swank, swanky, swell, timeless, towering, ubiquitous,
     unbounded, unchanging, undefined, unlimited, venerable, weighty,
     worthy
  
  

















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