Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Magnificence"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Magnificence \Mag*nif"i*cence\, n. [F. magnificence, L.
magnificentia. See {Magnific}.]
The act of doing what magnificent; the state or quality of
being magnificent. --Acts xix. 27. ``Then cometh
magnificence.'' --Chaucer.
And, for the heaven's wide circuit, let it speak The
Maker's high magnificence, who built so spacious.
--Milton.
The noblest monuments of Roman magnificence. --Eustace.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
magnificence
n 1: splendid or imposing in size or appearance; "the grandness
of the architecture" [syn: {impressiveness}, {grandness}]
2: the quality of being magnificent or splendid or grand [syn:
{brilliance}, {splendor}, {splendour}, {grandeur}, {grandness}]
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