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munificence|mjuːˈnɪfɪsəns|
[a. F. munificence, ad. L. mūnificentia, f. mūnificent-: see munificent a.]
The quality of being munificent; splendid liberality in giving.
1555Eden Decades 93 To persuade hym of the..munificence..of owre men. 1581Mulcaster Positions xxxviii. (1887) 170 That benefit, which the munificence of nature hath liberally bestowed on him. 1685Petty Last Will in Tracts (1769) p. ix, I would advise my wife in this case, to spend her whole 1587 l. per ann. that is to say, on her own entertainment, charity, and munificence. 1793Blackstone's Comm. I. viii. 286 note, Though this was a splendid instance of royal munificence, yet it's operation is slow and inconsiderable. 1845M. Pattison Ess. (1889) I. 12 The miracles and power of the saint called forth the devotion and munificence of the people. 1892Gladstone in Daily News 5 Dec. 3/4, I am sure that Liverpool, while it continues to amass wealth, will not fall behind in the necessary concomitant to redeem wealth from degradation—the quality of munificence. |