Definition of Munificence. Meaning of Munificence. Synonyms of Munificence

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Definition of Munificence

Munificence
Munificence Mu*nif"i*cence, n. [Cf. L. munire to fortify.] Means of defense; fortification. [Obs.] --Spenser.
Munificence
Munificence Mu*nif"i*cence, n. [L. munificentia: cf. F. munificence.] The quality or state of being munificent; a giving or bestowing with extraordinary liberality; generous bounty; lavish generosity. The virtues of liberality and munificence. --Addison. Syn: Benevolence; beneficence; liberality; generosity; bounty; bounteousness. See Benevolence.

Meaning of Munificence from wikipedia

- continued to evolve to denote the more specific, contemporary meaning of munificence, open-handedness, and liberality in the giving of money and possessions...
- and inscriptions attest to senators who were active in politics and munificence in their homeland (patria). Senators were the traditional governing class...
- ISBN 978-0-06-430158-9. William H. Byrnes IV (Spring 2005) "Ancient Roman Munificence: The Development of the Practice and Law of Charity". Rutgers Law Review...
- and one a refectory for the poor, both of which he endowed with royal munificence. Mehmed I had three known consorts: Emine Hatun. Daughter of Nasireddin...
- Its hundred and three shlokas (verses) praise the beauty, grace and munificence of Tripura Sundari as a form of Parvati. W. Norman Brown translated it...
- allegorical representations of Generosity, by Eugenio Maccagnani, and Munificence, by Arnaldo Zocchi. The royal tombs are maintained by the National Institute...
- as in "with an open hand," since the taking of the jizya is a form of munificence that averted a state of conflict. al-Ṭabarī gives only one explanation:...
- give, grant and bestow; or toirbhearl, meaning efficiency, bounty or munificence. By the 1640s, the term was used in the English language to refer to...
- and received the Freedom of the City of Glasgow "in recognition of his munificence" later the same year. In July 1902 he received the Freedom of the city...
- by the hand of Liberty, and possessed of all the Glory that heroism, munificence, and humanity can bestow, descends to the ungrateful task of forging...