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Die meervoud van verhewendheid of plegtige meervoud[1] (Latyn: pluralis majestatis; Engels: royal we of royal plural) is die gebruik van die meervoudsvorm van die persoonlike voornaamwoord deur 'n enkele persoon om na homself te verwys, gewoonlik 'n monarg of owerheidspersoon.
Nadat die Verenigde Koninkryk gevra is om as bemiddelaar op te tree in 'n grensdispuut tussen Argentinië en Chili, het koning Edward VII die bevinding van die versoekte arbitrasie uitgereik, bekend as die Cordillera of the Andes Boundary Case, waarin hy die volgende sin gebruik:[2]
Now, We, Edward, by the grace of God, King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and of the British Dominions beyond the Seas King, Defender of the Faith, Emperor of India, etc., etc., have arrived at the following decisions upon the questions in dispute, which have been referred to Our arbitration, ...
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