1) Beauty 2) Brilliance 3) British play 4) Dignity 5) Excellence 6) French word used in English 7) Grandeur 8) Grandness 9) Greatness 10) Impressiveness 11) Majesty 12) Splendour 13) Stateliness 14) Wonder
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1) Bravery 2) Eclat 3) Expansiveness 4) Grandeur 5) Impressiveness 6) Lavishness 7) Loveliness 8) Majesty 9) Pomp 10) Splendor 11) Splendour 12) Wealth
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- splendid or imposing in size or appearance
- the quality of being magnificent or splendid or grand
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[history of ideas] The word magnificence comes from the Latin `magnum facere”, which means to do something great. The Latin word draws on the Greek `megaloprépeia”. This noun conveys the meaning of doing something great which is fitting or seemly to the circumstance. Magnificence is a philosophical, aesthetic and socio-economic notion ...
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[play] Magnificence is a 1973 play by English playwright Howard Brenton. It has two plotlines. Firstly, five far-left revolutionaries squat an unoccupied house in London. Secondly, a Conservative cabinet MP loses faith in himself. The two plotlines converge in the final scene, where Jed (one of the revolutionaries) accidentally kills both h...
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• (n.) The act of doing what magnificent; the state or quality of being magnificent.
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The act of doing what magnificent; the state or quality of being magnificent. 'Then cometh magnificence.' . '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) ... Origin: F. Magnificence, L. Magnificentia. See Magnific. ... Source...
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Mag·nif'i·cence noun [ French
magnificence , Latin
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 circui...
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[
n] - the quality of being magnificent or splendid or grand
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magnificence 1. Glory; greatness of nature or reputation. 2. With possessive adjective (as your magnificence); a title of respect applied to a monarch or other distinguished person. 3. Splendor or sumptuousness of surroundings, adornments, etc. 4. An instance or particular display of splendour or sumptuousness. 5. Grandeur or imposing beauty of...
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noun 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 imaginat...
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