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Definition of Magnificences
1. magnificence [n] - See also: magnificence
Lexicographical Neighbors of Magnificences
Literary usage of Magnificences
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Italian Fantasies by Israel Zangwill (1910)
"... SERENE magnificences, AND GAGGED POETS THERE are few livelier expressions of
vitality than tombs, especially tombs designed or commissioned by their ..."
2. The Maidens of the Rocks by Gabriele D'Annunzio (1898)
"... the beautiful saddle-horses they fondled, the beautiful women they enjoyed—for
all their havoc, their madnesses, their magnificences, and their luxuries ..."
3. Passages from the French and Italian Note-books of Nathaniel Hawthorne by Nathaniel Hawthorne (1871)
"magnificences. Among them were two crystal cups, with engraved devices, and covers
of enamelled gold, wrought by Benvenuto Cellini, and wonderfully ..."
4. Supplement to the Universal Catalogue of Books on Art: Compiled for the Use by John Hungerford Pollen (1877)
"La triomphante entrée du roi (Louis ХШ) dans sa ville de Troyes ; ensemble la
description des tableaux et magnificences dressées pour icelle, par IST 8vo. ..."
5. A Comprehensive History of India, Civil, Military, and Social, from the by Henry Beveridge (1867)
"Your magnificences and lordships had the goodness to answer us thereto by your
deputy that you would no way enter into commerce with the aforesaid ..."
6. Memoirs of the Dukes of Urbino, Illustrating the Arms, Arts, and Literature by James Dennistoun (1851)
"Mighty and potent Lords, special Fathers; I should gladly communicate news more
pleasant both to your magnificences, whose true and unwavering son I am ..."
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