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magnificence |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Magnificence \Mag*nif"i*cence\, n. [F. magnificence, L. magnificentia See {Magnific}.] The act of doing what magnificent; the state or quality of being magnificent. --Acts xix. 27. ``Then cometh magnificence.'' --Chaucer. And for the heaven's wide circuit, let it speak The Maker's high magnificence, who built so spacious. --Milton. The noblest monuments of Roman magnificence. --Eustace. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: magnificence n 1: splendid or imposing in size or appearance; "the grandness of the architecture" [syn: {impressiveness}, {grandness}] 2: the quality of being magnificent or splendid or grand [syn: {brilliance}, {splendor}, {splendour}, {grandeur}, {grandness}]
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