magnificence

magnificence
    n 1: splendid or imposing in size or appearance; "the grandness
         of the architecture"; "impressed by the richness of the
         flora" [syn: {impressiveness}, {grandness}, {magnificence},
         {richness}]
    2: 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}]
    

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.
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         And, for the heaven's wide circuit, let it speak
         The Maker's high magnificence, who built
         so spacious.                             --Milton.
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         The noblest monuments of Roman magnificence. --Eustace.
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40 Moby Thesaurus words for "magnificence":
      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