Main entry: magnificence, brilliance, grandeur, grandness, splendor, splendour
Definition: the quality of being magnificent or splendid or grand
Usage: for magnificence and personal service there is the Queen's hotel; his `Hamlet' lacks the brilliance that one expects; it is the university that gives the scene its stately splendor; an imaginative mix of old-fashioned grandeur and colorful art; advertisers capitalize on the grandness and elegance it brings to their products
Main entry: splendor, splendour, luster, lustre, brilliancy
Definition: a quality that outshines the usual