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magnificence

noun

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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /mæɡˈnɪfɪsəns/

noun

Etymology: From Middle English magnificence, from Old French magnificence, from Latin magnificentia.

  1. grandeur, brilliance, lavishness or splendor

    all fleſh quakes at your magnificence.

    It is to be hoped that the final scheme will satisfy all interests—preserving some of old Euston's magnificence but without prejudice to the progress of modernisation.

  2. The act of doing what is magnificent; the state or quality of being magnificent.