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Noun: magnificence  mag'ni-fi-sun(t)s
  1. Splendid or imposing in size or appearance
    "the magnificence of the architecture";
    - impressiveness, grandness, richness
     
  2. The quality of being magnificent, splendid or grand
    "for magnificence and personal service there is the Queen's hotel";
    - brilliance, splendor [US], splendour [Brit, Cdn], grandeur, grandness

Derived forms: magnificences

Type of: elegance, elegancy [archaic], excellence

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