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Majesty

a title of honor now usually bestowed on sovereigns. MAJOLICA (mā-yol'i-kä) (from the Italian name of the island of MAJORCA (q. v.), where this ware seems to have been first made), a decorated kind of enameled pottery made in Italy from the 15th to the 18th century. It attained its greatest development in the duchy of MAJUBA HILL Urbino, which included the four great manufactories of Pesaro, Gubbio, Urbino, and Castel Durante. Majolica is an earthenware usually of a coarse paste, covered with a stanniferous glaze or enamel.

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