Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Magnificent

Magnificent , adjective

[See Magnificence.]

1.
Doing grand things; admirable in action; displaying great power or opulence, especially in building, way of living, and munificence.
A prince is never so magnificent As when he's sparing to enrich a few With the injuries of many. — Massinger
2.
Grand in appearance; exhibiting grandeur or splendor; splendid; pompous.
When Rome's exalted beauties I descry Magnificent in piles of ruin lie. — Addison