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magˈnificency
Also 6 -centie, manyfycency.
[ad. L. magnificenti-a: see prec. and -ency.]
†1. = magnificence in various senses. Obs.
1538in Lett. Suppress. Monasteries (Camden) 243, I commend me unto your good lordship, ever more thanckyng you of your manyfycency and gret goodnes. c1540tr. Pol. Verg. Eng. Hist. (Camden No. 36) 219 In number of schollers and magnificentie of colliges it is not superior. 1604T. Wright Passions v. § iv. 244 The necessity of the gift declared the magnificency of hir mind. 1668Lond. Gaz. No. 283/1 She has been since entertained with much State and Magnificency. 1686F. Spence tr. Varillas' Ho. Medicis 113 His humour was naturally prone to magnificency.
2. With a and pl. A magnificent or imposingly beautiful object, ceremony, etc. Obs. or arch.
1585T. Washington tr. Nicholay's Voy. i. xxi. 27 The castle, where for a magnificency were set vp 2. faire pauillions. 1645Evelyn Mem. (1819) I. 178 This canopy or arch of water, I thought one of the most surprizing magnificiencies I had ever seene. 1653H. Cogan tr. Pinto's Trav. xxiii. 86 The Portugals..could not sufficiently commend the excellent order and Gentilenesse of these Magnificencies. 1670G. H. Hist. Cardinals ii. iii. 192 He delights in certain magnificencies and pastimes. 1670–98R. Lassels Voy. Italy II. 52 It deserves to be mentioned among the rare Magnificencies of ancient Rome. 1839J. Wilson in Blackw. Mag. XLV. 564 This Christian poet journeyed religiously among the magnificencies of nature. |