Dictionary

magnificence en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /mæɡˈnɪfɪsəns/
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Etymology

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

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) grandeur, brilliance, lavishness or splendor
   • all fleſh quakes at your magnificence. c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire; London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act III, scene i:
   • 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. 1960 March 14, “Doric Arch and Great Hall at Euston”, in Railway Magazine, page 148:
2. (countable, uncountable) The act of doing what is magnificent; the state or quality of being magnificent.

Forms

Translations (12)

enm deynte (grandeur) · ml ഉജ്ജ്വലത (grandeur) · fi suurenmoisuus (grandeur) · grc μεγαλοπρέπεια (grandeur) · la magnificentia (grandeur) · pl świetność (grandeur) · hi भव्यता (grandeur) · pt magnificência (grandeur) · mi marutunatanga (grandeur) · es magnificencia (grandeur) · eo grandiozeco (grandeur) · ca magnificència (grandeur)