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3. Dignity; elevation of manner or
style. Dryden.

Ma*jol"i*ca (?), n. [It.] A kind
of pottery, with opaque glazing and showy decoration, which reached
its greatest perfection in Italy in the 16th century.

&fist; The term is said to be derived from Majorca, which was an
early seat of this manufacture. Heyse.

Ma"jor (?), [L. major, compar. of magnus great:
cf. F. majeur. Cf. Master, Mayor,
Magnitude, More, a.]
1. Greater in number, quantity, or extent; as,
the major part of the assembly; the major part of the
revenue; the major part of the territory.

2. Of greater dignity; more important.
Shak.

3. Of full legal age. [Obs.]

4. (Mus.) Greater by a semitone,
either in interval or in difference of pitch from another
tone.

Major axis (Geom.), the greater axis.
See Focus, n., 2.


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