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Ma*jor"i*ty (?), n.; pl.
Majorities (#). [F. majorité. 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.

2. The greater number; more than half; as, a
majority of mankind; a majority of the votes
cast.

3. [Cf. L. majores.] Ancestors;
ancestry. [Obs.]

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.

To go over to, or To join, the
majority, to die.

Ma"jor*ship (?), n. The office of
major.

Maj"oun (?), n.


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