اعلیحضرت

Also known as Your Majesty, His Majesty, Her Majesty, HM

thumb|Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor|Charles V, the first monarch to use such a title Majesty (abbreviated HM for His Majesty or Her Majesty, oral address Your Majesty; from the Latin , meaning ) is used as a manner of address by many monarchs, usually kings or queens. Where used, the style outranks the style of (Imperial/Royal) Highness, but is inferior to the style of Imperial Majesty. It has cognates in many other languages, especially of Europe. == Origin == Originally, during the Roman Republic, the word was the legal term for the supreme status and dignity of the state, to be respected ab