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Webster 1913 Edition

Magnificence

Mag-nif′i-cence

,
Noun.
[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.
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.

Webster 1828 Edition

Magnificence

MAGNIFICENCE

,
Noun.
[L.magnificentia.] Grandeur of appearance; greatness and splendor of show or state; as the magnificence of a palace or of a procession; the magnificence of a Roman triumph.

Definition 2024

magnificence

magnificence

English

Noun

magnificence ‎(countable and uncountable, plural magnificences)

  1. grandeur, brilliance, lavishness or splendor
  2. The act of doing what magnificent; the state or quality of being magnificent.
  3. impressiveness

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Etymology

From Middle French magnificence

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