'Magnificence' definitions:
Definition of 'magnificence'
(from WordNet)
noun
Splendid or imposing in size or appearance; "the grandness of the architecture"; "impressed by the richness of the flora" [syn: impressiveness, grandness, magnificence, richness]
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" [syn: magnificence, brilliance, splendor, splendour, grandeur, grandness]
Definition of 'Magnificence'
From: GCIDE
- Magnificence \Mag*nif"i*cence\, n. [F. magnificence, L. magnificentia. See Magnific.] The act of doing what is magnificent; the state or quality of being magnificent. --Acts xix. 27. "Then cometh magnificence." --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
- And, for the heaven's wide circuit, let it speak The Maker's high magnificence, who built so spacious. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- The noblest monuments of Roman magnificence. --Eustace. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'magnificence'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- Babylonian splendor,
- brilliance,
- elaborateness,
- elegance,
- exquisiteness,
- glory,
- gorgeousness,
- grandeur,
- grandiosity,
- grandness,
- imposingness,
- impressiveness,
- lavishness,
- luxuriousness,
- luxury,
- majesty,
- marvelousness,
- matchlessness,
- nobility,
- paramountcy,
- peerlessness,
- plushness,
- poshness,
- preeminence,
- primacy,
- proudness,
- resplendence,
- ritziness,
- splendidness,
- splendiferousness,
- splendor,
- state,
- stateliness,
- sumptuousness,
- superbness,
- supereminence,
- superexcellence,
- superfineness,
- supremacy,
- unsurpassedness