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See Tierce, 4.
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The constellation Charles's Wain, or Ursa Major. See Ursa major, under Ursa.
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The quality or condition of being major or greater; superiority.
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The greater number; more than half; as, a majority of mankind; a majority of the votes cast.
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A native or inhabitant of Majorca.
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A sequence of three playing cards of the same suit. Tierce of ace, king, queen, is called tierce-major.
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That premise which contains the major term. It its the first proposition of a regular syllogism; as: No unholy person is qualified for happiness in heaven [the major]. Every man in his natural state is unholy [minor]. Therefore, no man in his natural state is qualified for happiness in heaven [conclusion or inference].
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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.
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A syllogism with three conditional propositions, the major premises of which are disjunctively affirmed in the minor. See Dilemma.
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A variety of the common cabbage (Brassica oleracea major), having curled leaves, -- much cultivated for winter use.
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The military rank of a major.
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The office or rank of a major.
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Of or pertaining to Majorca.
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The office of major.
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Any one of numerous species of long-winged oceanic birds of the genus Puffinus and related genera. They are allied to the petrels, but are larger. The Manx shearwater (P. Anglorum), the dusky shearwater (P. obscurus), and the greater shearwater (P. major), are well-known species of the North Atlantic. See Hagdon.
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The graduated series of all the tones, ascending or descending, from the keynote to its octave; -- called also the gamut. It may be repeated through any number of octaves. See Chromatic scale, Diatonic scale, Major scale, and Minor scale, under Chromatic, Diatonic, Major, and Minor.
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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.
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The common dooryard plantain (Plantago major).
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Expression of judgment or will by a majority; legal decision by some expression of the minds of a number; as, the vote was unanimous; a vote of confidence.
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