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Excellency vs Majesty - What's the difference?

excellency | majesty |

As nouns the difference between excellency and majesty

is that excellency is a form of address for certain high officials or dignitaries while majesty is the quality of being impressive and great.

As a pronoun Majesty is

a term of address for royalty and imperiality.

excellency

English

Noun

(Excellencies)
  • A form of address for certain high officials or dignitaries.
  • Synonyms

    * Excellence

    Derived terms

    * His Excellency * Her Excellency * Your Excellency

    majesty

    English

    Alternative forms

    * majestie (archaic) * (l) (obsolete contraction)

    Noun

    (majesties)
  • The quality of being impressive and great
  • the majesty of the Great Pyramids

    See also

    * highness * imperial * royal