Magnificence

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Magnificence \Mag*nif"i*cence\, n. [F. magnificence, L.
     magnificentia. See {Magnific}.]
     The act of doing what is magnificent; the state or quality of
     being magnificent. --Acts xix. 27. "Then cometh
     magnificence." --Chaucer.
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           And, for the heaven's wide circuit, let it speak
           The Maker's high magnificence, who built
           so spacious.                             --Milton.
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           The noblest monuments of Roman magnificence. --Eustace.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [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}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  40 Moby Thesaurus words for "magnificence":
     Babylonian splendor, brilliance, elaborateness, elegance,
     exquisiteness, glory, gorgeousness, grandeur, grandiosity,
     grandness, imposingness, impressiveness, lavishness, luxuriousness,
     luxury, majesty, marvelousness, matchlessness, nobility,
     paramountcy, peerlessness, plushness, poshness, preeminence,
     primacy, proudness, resplendence, ritziness, splendidness,
     splendiferousness, splendor, state, stateliness, sumptuousness,
     superbness, supereminence, superexcellence, superfineness,
     supremacy, unsurpassedness