Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Greatness or lavishness of surroundings; splendor.
- noun Grand or imposing beauty.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The state or condition of being magnificent; grandeur, as of appearance or of character; splendor; brilliancy: as, the magnificence of a palace or of a procession; the magnificence of Shakspere's genius.
- noun A high degree of generosity; munificence.
- noun A title of courtesy belonging of right to several high officers of ancient Rome, and also to the rector (rector magnificus), prorector, and chancellor of a German university, and to some other German officials: corresponding to lordship, highness, or eminence (with his or your prefixed).
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The act of doing what is magnificent; the state or quality of being magnificent.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun
grandeur ,brilliance ,lavishness orsplendor - noun The act of doing what
magnificent ; the state or quality of being magnificent. - noun
impressiveness
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the quality of being magnificent or splendid or grand
- noun splendid or imposing in size or appearance
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Examples
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Arising from the mist of a lake's memory, a glorious, colorful canopy of magnificence is being readied for its introduction.
Jack Schimmelman: Central Park ... A Performance in Four Seasons (Autumn) Jack Schimmelman 2010
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Ibsen's magnificence is hard to put across: the drama opens in a drawing room and ends in a howling waste.
Ulster Bank Dublin theatre festival – review Susannah Clapp 2010
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Arising from the mist of a lake's memory, a glorious, colorful canopy of magnificence is being readied for its introduction.
Jack Schimmelman: Central Park . . . a performance in four seasons (Autumn) Jack Schimmelman 2010
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Arising from the mist of a lake's memory, a glorious, colorful canopy of magnificence is being readied for its introduction.
Jack Schimmelman: Central Park . . . a performance in four seasons (Autumn) Jack Schimmelman 2010
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Shorthorn harem, and the Shorthorn harems of bulls that were only little less than King Polo in magnificence and record; and Parkman, the Jersey manager, was on hand, with staffed assistants, to parade Sensational
CHAPTER XVI 2010
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To think an animal of that magnificence is being exploited by an outfitter -- whose only claim to "fame" is plain, dumb luck; being in the wrong place at the wrong time -- greatly sickens me.
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To think an animal of that magnificence is being exploited by an outfitter -- whose only claim to "fame" is plain, dumb luck; being in the wrong place at the wrong time -- greatly sickens me.
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'I do not think you can convince mankind,' said my husband, 'that there is not a certain magnificence about a great empire in being.'
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'I do not think you can convince mankind,' said my husband, 'that there is not a certain magnificence about a great empire in being.'
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'I do not think you can convince mankind,' said my husband, 'that there is not a certain magnificence about a great empire in being.'
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