magnificence
the quality or state of being magnificent; splendor; grandeur; sublimity: the magnificence of snow-covered mountains; the magnificence of his achievements.
impressiveness of surroundings: the magnificence of Versailles.
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How to use magnificence in a sentence
That very magnificence remains a measure of what a single gun can destroy.
magnificence By Lydia Millet A woman moves into an old house full of taxidermy in the aftermath of trauma.
Suddenly, she questions, "Who wants to live like that anymore, all that majesty and magnificence?"
The magnificence of our legal system, your Honor, is that we do not seek an eye for an eye.
The graceful flying-fish, like a fair white bird, goes glancing above the blue magnificence of the tropical seas.
God and my Neighbour | Robert Blatchford
He would not want to exchange his splendid father for all the glory and magnificence of the king's court.
Our Little Korean Cousin | H. Lee M. PikeRound her neck depended from a black velvet band, strings of diamonds of great size and magnificence.
Music-Study in Germany | Amy FayThomas Sanchez, a Spanish Jesuit, died, and was buried with extraordinary magnificence.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology | Joel MunsellI could observe groups and clusters of coloured coral and madrepore-stone, whose magnificence challenges all description.
A Woman's Journey Round the World | Ida Pfeiffer
British Dictionary definitions for magnificence
/ (mæɡˈnɪfɪsəns) /
the quality of being magnificent
Origin of magnificence
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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