||Ma`jo`rat" (?), n. [F. majorat, LL. majoratus. See Major, a., and cf.
||Majorate.] 1. The right of succession to property according to age;
||-- so termed in some of the countries of continental Europe.
2. (French Law) Property, landed or funded, so attached to a title of
honor as to descend with it.
Ma"jor*ate (?), n. The office or rank of a major.
Ma"jor*ate (?), v. t. [LL. majorare to augment. See Major, a.] To
augment; to increase. [Obs.] Howell.
Ma`jor*a"tion (?), n. Increase; enlargement. [Obs.] Bacon.
Ma*jor"can (?), a. Of or pertaining to Majorca. -- n. A native or
inhabitant of Majorca.
Ma`jor-do"mo (?), n. [Sp. mayordomo, or It. maggiordomo; both fr. LL.
majordomus; L. major greater + domus house.] A man who has authority to
act, within certain limits, as master of the house; a steward; also, a
chief minister or officer.
Ma"jor gen"er*al (?). An officer of the army holding a rank next above
that of brigadier general and next below that of lieutenant general,
and who usually commands a division or a corps.
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.