magnificence
Etymology

From Middle English magnificence, from Old French magnificence.

Pronunciation
  • IPA: /mæɡˈnɪfɪsəns/
Noun

magnificence

  1. grandeur, brilliance, lavishness or splendor
    • c. 1587–1588, [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 ↗:
      all fleſh quakes at your magnificence.
  2. The act of doing what is magnificent; the state or quality of being magnificent.
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