Magnificence
[mæɡ'nɪfɪsns] or [mæg'nɪfəsns]
Definition
(noun.) the quality of being magnificent or splendid or grand; 'for magnificence and personal service there is the Queen's hotel'; 'his `Hamlet' lacks the brilliance that one expects'; 'it is the university that gives the scene its stately splendor'; 'an imaginative mix of old-fashioned grandeur and colorful art'; 'advertisers capitalize on the grandness and elegance it brings to their products'.
Checker: Roberta--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The act of doing what magnificent; the state or quality of being magnificent.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Grandeur, splendor, pomp, éclat, grand appearance.
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Examples
- The boy's eyes had lighted with pleasure as I spoke, and I saw him glance from his rusty trappings to the magnificence of my own. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- In the midst of all this magnificence, the solid gold and silver furniture of the altar seemed cheap and trivial. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Sir Leicester's magnificence explodes. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Magnificence there was, with some rude attempt at taste; but of comfort there was little, and, being unknown, it was unmissed. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Not a little more magnificence, therefore, on the part of Sir Leicester. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Things went on this way for several weeks, Berwick made very pleasant parties to Richmond, and did everything with princely magnificence. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Besides, I now considered myself as bound by the laws of hospitality, to a people who had treated me with so much expense and magnificence. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- The management beg leave to offer to the public an entertainment surpassing in magnificence any thing that has heretofore been attempted on any stage. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- An eloquent catalogue appeared in a weekly print, describing his virtues, his magnificence, his talents, and his good actions. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- The latter quickly spied out the magnificence of the brocade of Becky's train, and the splendour of the lace on her dress. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Plato himself is said to have lived with a good deal of magnificence. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Louis XV was the great-grandson of Louis XIV, and an incompetent imitator of his predecessor's magnificence. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Their expense, too, their grandeur and magnificence, must be suited to what that commerce can afford to pay. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- The officers were conspicuous through the wondrous magnificence of their resplendent trappings. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- The arts of Greece, imported long before, had been developed into magnificence that bordered on vulgarity. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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