different between pageant vs magnificence

English

Alternative forms

• pageaunt (obsolete)

Etymology

Late 14th c. as Middle English pagent, from Medieval Latin pagina (“play in a cycle of mystery plays”), perhaps from Latin p?gina (“page of a book”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?pæd??nt/

Noun

pageant (plural pageants)

1. An elaborate public display, especially a parade in historical or traditional costume.

   Synonym: spectacle

   • 1826, Mary Shelley, The Last Man, volume 3, chapter 4

     For a few moments the events of the day floated in disastrous pageant through my brain, till sleep bathed it in forgetfulness […]

2. A spectacular ceremony.
3. Ellipsis of beauty pageant.

   Synonyms: beauty contest, beauty pageant

4. (obsolete) A wheeled platform for the exhibition of plays, etc.

Derived terms

• pageanter
• pageantry
• beauty pageant

Translations

Verb

pageant (third-person singular simple present pageants, present participle pageanting, simple past and past participle pageanted)

1. To exhibit in show; to represent; to mimic.

References

Anagrams

• Napgate

Middle English

Noun

pageant

1. Alternative form of pagent

English

Etymology

From Middle French magnificence

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mæ??n?f?s?ns/
• Hyphenation: mag?nif?i?cence

Noun

magnificence (countable and uncountable, plural magnificences)

1. grandeur, brilliance, lavishness or splendor
2. The act of doing what is magnificent; the state or quality of being magnificent.
3. impressiveness

Translations

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.?i.fi.s??s/

Noun

magnificence f (plural magnificences)

1. magnificence