[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

magnificence \magnif"icence\, 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.
   1913 webster

         and, for the heaven's wide circuit, let it speak
         the maker's high magnificence, who built
         so spacious.                             --milton.
   1913 webster

         the noblest monuments of roman magnificence. --eustace.
   1913 webster
see also:
magnific 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

magnificence
     n 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
see also:
impressiveness grandness brilliance splendor splendour grandeur 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

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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