Consider the sentence, “Your Majesty, I was once the comedian of this court!".
What type of noun is Majesty? Is it proper noun or common noun or abstract noun?
My friend said that it is abstract noun but I didn't understand why it is an abstract noun. It can be a proper noun as it is referring to a particular person i.e. the king.
Best Answer
By itself taken out of context, it’s an abstract noun because it’s referencing an abstract concept and not some physical object or entity.
When used as a form of address, it is a proper noun in certain usages, or an honorific in others. If used by itself as a form of address, it’s a synecdoche (a term used to refer to an entity by referring to some specific part or aspect of that entity, in this case referencing the office held by the individual being addressed) as well as a proper noun. If used as part of naming someone however, it’s a titular honorific similar to how ‘Doctor’, ‘Reverend’, or ‘Pastor’ is used as part of someone’s name.