The royal "we" or majestic plural (pluralis maiestatis in Latin, literally, "the plural of majesty"), is the use of a plural pronoun to refer to a single person holding a high office, such as a monarch, bishop, or pope. The more general word for the use of we to refer to oneself is nosism. However the use as majestic plural (to denote the excellence, power, and dignity of the person who speaks or writes) is the most common one. Speakers employing the royal we refers to themselves using a grammatical number other than the singular (i.e., in plural or dual form). For example, the Basic L...