What does magnificence mean?
Definitions for magnificence
mægˈnɪf ə sənsmag·nif·i·cence
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Princeton's WordNet
impressiveness, grandness, magnificence, richnessnoun
splendid or imposing in size or appearance
"the grandness of the architecture"; "impressed by the richness of the flora"
magnificence, brilliance, splendor, splendour, grandeur, grandnessnoun
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"
Wiktionary
magnificencenoun
grandeur, brilliance, lavishness or splendor
magnificencenoun
The act of doing what magnificent; the state or quality of being magnificent.
magnificencenoun
impressiveness
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Magnificencenoun
Grandeur of appearance; splendour.
Etymology: magnificentia, Lat.
This desert soil
Wants not her hidden lustre, gems, and gold,
Nor want we skill or art, from whence to raise
Magnificence. John Milton, Par. Lost, b. ii.Not Babylon,
Nor great Alcairo, such magnificence
Equall’d in all their glories to inshrine
Belus or Serapis, their gods; or seat
Their kings, when Egypt with Assyria strove
In wealth and luxury. John Milton, Par. Lost, b. i.One may observe more splendour and magnificence in particular persons houses in Genoa, than in those that belong to the publick. Joseph Addison, on Italy.
ChatGPT
magnificence
Magnificence is the quality of being incredibly beautiful, grand, impressive, or splendid. It involves a lavishness or majesty that surpasses ordinary standards, often invoking awe or admiration. This quality can relate to anything from physical appearance, to acts, events, or even personal characteristics.
Webster Dictionary
Magnificencenoun
the act of doing what magnificent; the state or quality of being magnificent
Etymology: [F. magnificence, L. magnificentia. See Magnific.]
Wikidata
Magnificence
Magnificence is a 1973 play by English playwright Howard Brenton. It has two plotlines. Firstly, five far-left revolutionaries squat an unoccupied house in London. Secondly, a Conservative cabinet MP loses faith in himself. The two plotlines converge in the final scene, where Jed accidentally kills both himself and the MP with plastic explosive. The published text of the play takes as its epigraph lines from Brecht's Die Maßnahme: Sink into the mire Embrace the butcher But change the world.
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of magnificence in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of magnificence in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
Examples of magnificence in a Sentence
When we give ourselves the permission to wonder and guide ourselves through the magnificence which is within ourselves, we start living magical life everyday.
A religion old or new, that stressed the magnificence of the universe as revealed by modern science, might be able to draw forth reserves of reverence and awe hardly tapped by the conventional faiths.
A person living near the Indian Ocean realizes the God in the infinity of the deep, blue ocean; where as a person living in the lap of the Himalayas, the Mt. Everest, realizes the God in the magnificence of the white mountains. Only political eyes divide these two people in two different faiths, but the truth is that both of them are trusting in two different creations of the same God.
See the light of beauty and love. See the magnificence of life. Enjoy the charm and mystery of creation. Enjoy the little beauties around you. Appreciate every little thing, every little love, and the blue sky above you.
The true lover of learning then must his earliest youth, as far as in him lies, desire all truth. . .He whose desires are drawn toward knowledge in every form will be absorbed in the pleasures of the soul, and will hardly feel bodily pleasures- -I mean, if he be a true philosopher and not a sham one. . .Then how can he who has the magnificence of mind and is the spectator of all times and all existence, think much of human life He cannot. Or can such a one account death fearful No indeed.
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