(a.) Doing grand things; admirable in action; displaying great power or opulence, especially in building, way of living, and munificence.
(a.) Grand in appearance; exhibiting grandeur or splendor; splendid' pompous.
Example Sentences:
(1) In the sixth frame of the evening he sunk a magnificent long red and careered on his way to a 131 clearance to extend his lead in the match to 9-5.
(2) So Huck Finn floats down the great river that flows through the heart of America, and on this adventure he is accompanied by the magnificent figure of Jim, a runaway slave, who is also making his bid for freedom.
(3) This brings lads like 12-year-old Matthew Mason down from the magnificent studio his father Mark, from a coal-mining town ravaged by pit closures, lovingly built him in the back garden at Gants Hill, north-east London.
(4) Bloody odd combination but those Orange Foam Headphones would blast those magnificent records into my developing brain over and over again" chernypyos – Björk's Human Behavior and Sinead O'Connor's Fire On Babylon: "bjork's 'human behavior' and sinead o'connor's "fire on babylon" oddly stick in my head from that one evening walking in the woods, breathing the damp air, and feeling pleasantly invisible" Pyromancer – REM – Automatic for the People Blood Sugar Sex Magic Pearl Jam - Vs RATM's first album Portishead Maxinquaye by Tricky Manic Street Preachers – Gold Against the Soul Smashing Pumpkins, Siamese Dream "I used to go to the local library and take out a CD (50p for 3 weeks!
(5) Castin' makes me feel good: Ghostbusters' diverse team is a victory Read more Dan Aykroyd heralds Ghostbusters cast as 'most magnificent women in comedy' Read more “There’s three drafts of the old concept that exists,” said Aykroyd.
(6) Cohen crossed the ball long from the right and Hurst rose magnificently to deflect in another header which Tilkowski could only scramble away from his right hand post, Ball turned the ball back into the goalmouth and the German’s desperation was unmistakable as Overath came hurtling in to scythe the ball away for a corner.
(7) Afternoon Delights doesn't have anything approaching a mission statement – it's just two middle-aged men arsing about, frankly – but its gleeful anarchism can be riotously funny: witness the pair as free runners, declaring "war against the urban environment", or their magnificently coiffed Rock'n'Rollers, with the aid of subtitles, showing off their moves on the streets of Ashford, Kent.
(8) It's so magnificent, like the swishing mane of a thoroughbred stallion … Too late, snip snip, off it comes.
(9) But his magnificent, exact rendering of the world, in his mordant, civilised and generous prose, has no comparison.
(10) Cruden Farm, Victoria The 54-hectare Murdoch family estate in Langwarrin south of Melbourne, Australia, features magnificent gardens complete with ponds, lemon-scented gum trees and two walled gardens and perennial borders.
(11) General Richard Mills of the US Marines said when he took over from UK troops in Sangin last year that their performance had been "nothing short of magnificent".
(12) I arrange my coins into ascending size in my pockets, for example, and nothing gives me more comfort than the knowledge that my forks, knives and spoons are all in the correct place, tessellating magnificently in their drawer.
(13) The views are magnificent, so it may be worthwhile to pay a bit extra to overlook the water.
(14) When he sits back at the piano and plays Raspberry Beret and Starfish and Coffee and Girls and Boys, they’re beside themselves, and understandably so: he sounds magnificent.
(15) So then, Italy v Uruguay for a place in the last 16: you have to say that's magnificent.
(16) "I would like to thank our employees for their magnificent response to the torrid market conditions," Rothermere said in the DGMT annual report .
(17) To do so for the benefit of so many others is magnificent.
(18) Illustration: akg-images What impressed the first visiting Europeans most was the wealth, artistic beauty and magnificence of the city.
(19) This magnificent quintet of gems was, alas, the sum total of the factual and subjective spoils of which the committee was able to relieve him over two-and-a-half long hours.
(20) At the very top is a panoramic view as far as the southern Sri Lankan coast and a tiny cafe selling magnificent short eats, tea and jaggery (cane sugar).
Regalia
Definition:
(n. pl.) That which belongs to royalty. Specifically: (a) The rights and prerogatives of a king. (b) Royal estates and revenues. (c) Ensings, symbols, or paraphernalia of royalty.
(n. pl.) Hence, decorations or insignia of an office or order, as of Freemasons, Odd Fellows,etc.
(n. pl.) Sumptuous food; delicacies.
(n.) A kind of cigar of large size and superior quality; also, the size in which such cigars are classed.
Example Sentences:
(1) Tendi estimated rally turnouts at 15-20,000 people, with free regalia and food suggesting Zanu-PF has more cash than last time.
(2) Good for a laugh, waving pistols, sporting first world war military regalia, delivering bloodcurdling speeches to anyone who would listen.
(3) Irrespective of the unsavoury nature of Terre'Blanche's racialised ideology and approximation of Nazi regalia, South Africa's constitution , arguably the most liberal document in the world, provided explicitly for a political space for dissidents and dinosaurs.
(4) Her role hasn't been announced, but she's in 60s hippie regalia : a purple flower dress and sandals.
(5) The liveliest are the wholesale spice market of Khari Baoli, the jewellery market of Dariba Kalan, and Kinari Bazaar, the dazzling wedding regalia market.
(6) Yunupingu thanked the delegation for making the journey to Gulkula in full academic regalia.
(7) We must have seemed as odd to them as they did to us, in their Nazi regalia, dancing in formation like dummies.
(8) An archbishop announced to the crowd that the funeral would be held in three days' and in the meantime Shenouda's body would be put on display in the cathedral, sitting in the Mar Morqos or St Mark throne from which the pope in his elaborate regalia traditionally oversaw services.
(9) Maybe it’s time to let go of it, look forward and see what we can find.” Goat have also found themselves having to bat away accusations that wearing increasingly extravagant tribal regalia is, at best, cultural appropriation and, at worst, a kind of cosmic minstrelism.
(10) His wife Grace wore similar party regalia, but her dress bore two large portraits of the president.
(11) Less than an hour after Mandela's death was announced, however, ANC supporters in party colours and regalia were among those rallying outside his house singing liberation-era songs .
(12) The marchers themselves were decked out in full regalia, with white gloves, buttons and braiding.
(13) Shenouda's body lay in a white casket in the elaborate regalia he traditionally wore to oversee services, complete with an ornate golden crown.
(14) A particular scene that will no doubt cross the sex divide is that of Maya Rudolph , as a bride-to-be in full wedding regalia, suffering an acute case of food poisoning in the middle of the road.
(15) Colin Ashford, who makes cufflinks, medals and regalia for Freemasons, in a Victorian workshop, doubted the government's figures on jobs and growth.
(16) In front of small crowd of assembled onlookers in front of the historic Fraunces Tavern and accompanied by a fife-and-drum quartet decked out in full colonial regalia, city officials ushered in the event with a brief set of remarks.
(17) Wearing black and yellow regalia, the king was sworn in after inspecting a military honour guard and receiving a 21-gun salute at parliament.
(18) The full regalia, including the horsemen’s nagaika leather whip, costs around $100.
(19) Facebook Twitter Pinterest The Prince of Wales dressed in his investiture regalia in 1969.
(20) A big demonstration was held in front of the federal courthouse, with drummers, Aztec dancers in feathered regalia, people holding signs, and a TV station interviewing Nieto’s friend Benjamin Bac Sierra.