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noun
1.
the quality or state of being magnificent; splendor; grandeur; sublimity: the magnificence of snow-covered mountains; the magnificence of his achievements.
2.
impressiveness of surroundings: the magnificence of Versailles.
Origin:
1300–50; Middle English < Latin magnificentia, equivalent to magnificent- magnificent + -ia -y3; see -ence
1300–50; Middle English < Latin magnificentia, equivalent to magnificent- magnificent + -ia -y3; see -ence
Synonyms
1. majesty, nobility, stateliness. 2. luxuriousness, opulence, sumptuousness.
1. majesty, nobility, stateliness. 2. luxuriousness, opulence, sumptuousness.
Antonyms
2. squalor, poverty.
2. squalor, poverty.
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magnificence
mid-14c., from O.Fr. magnificence "splendor, nobility, grandeur," from L. magnificentia "splendor, munificence," from stem of magnificus "noble, eminent, splendid," lit. "doing great deeds," from magnus "great" (see magnate) + root of facere "to make" (see
EXPAND factitious). As one of the Aristotelian and scholastic virtues, translates Gk. megaloprepeia "liberality of expenditure combined with good taste."
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