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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.
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"
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"
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
Translations
Spanish magnificence [mægˈnɪfɪsns] nmagnificencia
French magnificence [mægˈnɪfɪsns] nmagnificence f
German magnificence [mægˈnɪfɪsns] nGroßartigkeit f;
(of robes) → Pracht f

Italian magnificence [mægˈnɪfɪsns] nmagnificenza

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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.
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.
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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