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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Magnificence \Mag*nif"i*cence\, noun [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.
And, for the heaven's wide circuit, let it speak The Maker's high magnificence, who built so spacious. --Milton.
The noblest monuments of Roman magnificence. --Eustace.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
magnificence
noun
1: splendid or imposing in size or appearance; "the grandness of the architecture" [syn: {impressiveness}, {grandness}]
2: the quality of being magnificent or splendid or grand [syn: {brilliance}, {splendor}, {splendour}, {grandeur}, {grandness}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
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
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