Majorities

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

  Majority \Ma*jor"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Majorities}. [F. majorit['e].
     See {Major}.]
     1. The quality or condition of being major or greater;
        superiority. Specifically:
        (a) The military rank of a major.
        (b) The condition of being of full age, or authorized by


            law to manage one's own affairs.
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     2. The greater number; more than half; as, a majority of
        mankind; a majority of the votes cast.
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     3. [Cf. L. majores.] Ancestors; ancestry. [Obs.]
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     4. The amount or number by which one aggregate exceeds all
        other aggregates with which it is contrasted; especially,
        the number by which the votes for a successful candidate
        exceed those for all other candidates; as, he is elected
        by a majority of five hundred votes. See {Plurality}.
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     {To go over to the majority} or {To join the majority}, to
        die.
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