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English Dictionary: magnificence	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for magnificence
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
magnificence n splendid or imposing in size or appearance; "the grandness of the architecture"; "impressed by the richness of the flora" Synonym(s): impressiveness, grandness, magnificence, richness the quality of being magnificent or splendid or grand; "for magnificence and personal service there is the Queen's hotel"; "his `Hamlet' lacks the brilliance that one expects"; "it is the university that gives the scene its stately splendor"; "an imaginative mix of old-fashioned grandeur and colorful art"; "advertisers capitalize on the grandness and elegance it brings to their products" Synonym(s): magnificence, brilliance, splendor, splendour, grandeur, grandness
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Magnificence \Magnif"icence\, n. [F. magnificence, L. magnificentia. See {Magnific}.] The act of doing what magnificent; the state or quality of being magnificent. --Acts xix. 27. [bd]Then cometh magnificence.[b8] --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.