magnificence
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ə 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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| —n | |
| the quality of being magnificent | |
| [C14: via French from Latin magnificentia] | |
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Word Origin & History
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
factitious). As one of the Aristotelian and scholastic virtues, translates Gk. megaloprepeia "liberality of expenditure combined with good taste."
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Example sentences
The apparent disorder augments the grandeur, for the appearance of care is highly contrary to our ideas of magnificence.
In time, the great collections were restored to their haunting magnificence.
His desire is to somehow find magnificence and to create beauty from the residue of our culture.
The real reason they belong together is the magnificence of their delusional self-images.
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