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magnificence

Meaning of “magnificence”

Greatness, splendour, or glory.

Definition sources

KJV context and cross-referencesBullokar 1616Webster 1828
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First occurrence: Acts 19:27

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Acts 19:27
So that not only this our craft is in danger to be set at nought; but also that the temple of the great goddess Diana should be despised, and her magnificence should be destroyed, whom all Asia and the world worshippeth.
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The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Acts 19:27 · retained source text

So that not only this our craft is in danger to be set at nought: but also that the Temple of the great goddesse Diana should be despised, and her magnificence should be destroyed, whom all Asia, and the world worshippeth.

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Historical English dictionary sources

Historical definitions

[Latin magnificentia.] Grandeur of appearance; greatness and splendor of show or state; as the magnificence of a palace or of a procession; the magnificence of a Roman triumph.

volume 2, leaf 94, column 3 (entry starts at OCR line 40)