magnificence

[ mag-nif-uh-suhns ]
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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 of magnificence

1
1300–50; Middle English <Latin magnificentia, equivalent to magnificent-magnificent + -ia-y3; see -ence

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magnificence

/ (mæɡˈnɪfɪsəns) /


noun
  1. the quality of being magnificent

Origin of magnificence

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C14: via French from Latin magnificentia

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