\Mag*nif"i*cence\, n. [F. magnificence, L.
magnificentia. See {Magnific}.]
The act of doing what magnificent; the state or quality of
being magnificent. --Acts xix. 27. ``Then cometh
magnificence.'' --Chaucer.
      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.