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. See Madjoun.
||Ma*jus"cu*læ (?), n. pl. [L., fem. pl. fr. majusculus somewhat
||greater or great, dim. of major, majus. See Major.] (Palæography)
||Capital letters, as found in manuscripts of the sixth century and
||earlier.
Ma*jus"cule (?), n. [Cf. F. majuscule. See Majusculæ.] A capital
letter; especially, one used in ancient manuscripts. See Majusculæ.
Majuscule writing, writing composed wholly of capital letters,
especially the style which prevailed in Europe from the third to the
sixth century.
Mak"a*ble (?), a. Capable of being made.