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magnificence

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mag·nif·i·cence  (mg-nf-sns)
n.
1. Greatness or lavishness of surroundings; splendor.
2. Grand or imposing beauty.
magnificence [mægˈnɪfɪsəns]
n
the quality of being magnificent
[via French from Latin magnificentia]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.magnificence - splendid or imposing in size or appearance; "the grandness of the architecture"; "impressed by the richness of the flora"
impressiveness, grandness, richness
excellence - the quality of excelling; possessing good qualities in high degree
expansiveness, expansivity - a quality characterized by magnificence of scale or the tendency to expand; "the expansiveness of their extravagant life style was soon curtailed"
majesty, stateliness, loftiness - impressiveness in scale or proportion
2.magnificencemagnificence - 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"
grandeur, splendor, splendour, brilliance, grandness
elegance - a refined quality of gracefulness and good taste; "she conveys an aura of elegance and gentility"
eclat - brilliant or conspicuous success or effect; "the eclat of a great achievement"
magnificence
noun splendour, glory, majesty, grandeur, brilliance, nobility, gorgeousness, sumptuousness, sublimity, resplendence I shall never forget the magnificence of the Swiss mountains.
Translations
magnificence [mægˈnɪfɪsəns] N → magnificencia f
magnificence [mægˈnɪfɪsəns] n → magnificence f
magnificence
n
(= excellence) → Großartigkeit f, → Größe f
(= splendid appearance) → Pracht f, → Glanz m
his Magnificence → Seine Magnifizenz
magnificence [mægˈnɪfɪs/əns] n → magnificenza
magnificence [mægˈnɪfɪs/əns] n → magnificenza


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The vivid colours of their draped raiment and the gold of their earrings invested with a barbaric and regal magnificence their figures, stepping out freely in a shower of broken sunshine.
The Mirror of the Sea by Conrad, Joseph View in context
A definite literary ambition grew up in me, and in the long reveries of the afternoon, when I was distributing my case, I fashioned a future of overpowering magnificence and undying celebrity.
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But in America, the coins current being the sole arms of the aristocracy, their display may be said, in general, to be the sole means of the aristocratic distinction; and the populace, looking always upward for models,,are insensibly led to confound the two entirely separate ideas of magnificence and beauty.
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