Mag*nif"i*cence (?), n. [F. magnificence, L. magnificentia. See Magnific.]
The act of doing what 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.
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