D defs.my
Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Magnificence

· Mag·nif·i·cence · IPA /mæɡˈnɪfɪsəns/
01 n. The act of doing what is magnificent; the state or quality of being magnificent.
  1. 1.
    The act of doing what is magnificent; the state or quality of being magnificent.
    “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.