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Meanings of
magnificence
in English
Portuguese
fulgor
Catalan
magneficència
Spanish
grandeza
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The quality of being magnificent or splendid or grand.
grandeur
splendor
splendour
brilliance
grandness
Portuguese
fulgor
Catalan
grandesa
Spanish
grandeza
Back to the meaning
Splendid or imposing in size or appearance.
richness
impressiveness
Catalan
grandesa
Synonyms
Examples for "
grandeur
"
grandeur
splendor
splendour
brilliance
grandness
Examples for "
grandeur
"
1
The noise was terrific; the sight was terrible in its fierce
grandeur
.
2
The motive of the Exposition was the
grandeur
of a great labor.
3
In him the House of Ferrece might hope to return to
grandeur
.
4
But he had no idea of the personal
grandeur
of the place.
5
Such addiction to big-project folies de
grandeur
is common to governments everywhere.
1
Honor the sons of the poor; they give to science its
splendor
.
2
Nobody doubts the
splendor
of the material glories of the ancient nations.
3
The flower of the forbidding plant was the
splendor
of the forest.
4
The capital displayed at that hour all the
splendor
of its luxury.
5
His career in the ministry of the Gospel glowed with mysterious
splendor
.
1
The very air sparkled, diamond-clear in the crystal
splendour
of the day.
2
And she paused to let the
splendour
of the gift sink in.
3
Just then the moon rose from behind the wood in regal
splendour
.
4
The
splendour
said to him: Go on; sorrow is but a cloud.
5
The silence and the tempered
splendour
of the night weighed him down.
1
The question Artsutanov asked himself had the childlike
brilliance
of true genius.
2
Hope Against Hope is an extraordinary memoir written with sudden flashing
brilliance
.
3
Despite her
brilliance
in some areas, she was a small fish indeed.
4
All the world about him erupted in unimaginable
brilliance
;
then darkness fell.
5
It is hard to process such
brilliance
at the best of times.
1
The female elf was awed by the
grandness
of the inner hallway.
2
But there is a
grandness
to him that demands centre stage.
3
Despite its
grandness
,
these days the citadel was mostly for show.
4
Politicians have not generally been noted for the
grandness
of their artistic vision.
5
His voice was full of a dowager's conviction, a drawling and leisurely
grandness
.
Usage of
magnificence
in English
1
There may be
magnificence
in the smashing; but the thing is smashed.
2
Here we got within the influence of royal
magnificence
and the capital.
3
Here nature reigned in simple beauty, unadorned by the
magnificence
of art.
4
He wanted her to see the
magnificence
of the Sierras in winter.
5
For a moment the
magnificence
of the idea took his breath away.
6
Nothing ever launched from the imperial docks should surpass it in
magnificence
.
7
The Rat was enormously thrilled by the
magnificence
of the imperial place.
8
The sun shone in golden
magnificence
and almost dazzled your eyes out.
9
Her insignificance in the presence of so much
magnificence
faintly affected her.
10
The same
magnificence
was displayed in the mosques, churches, and coffee houses.
11
He reigned in a state of
magnificence
unknown to the Asmonean princes.
12
Praise and
magnificence
are before him: strength and joy in his place.
13
The variety and the
magnificence
of his labours vie with their extent.
14
But do not be unjust, Minna; behold the
magnificence
spread before you.
15
The object of which I am speaking has all the American
magnificence
.
16
By all accounts, their live show is a thing of great
magnificence
.
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About this term
magnificence
Noun
Singular
Frequent collocations
great magnificence
such magnificence
oriental magnificence
princely magnificence
regal magnificence
More collocations
Translations for
magnificence
Portuguese
fulgor
Catalan
magneficència
esplendor
grandiositat
grandesa
magnificència
Spanish
grandeza
esplendor
grandiosidad
Magnificence
through the time
Magnificence
across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common