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magnalia

magnalia noun: wonders, great things.

Noun

magnalia pl (plural only)

  1. (historical, plural, plural-only) Wonders, great things.
    • Thus God applies his magnalia, that is works, and thus is the school of the light of Nature, that we should not only satisfy our eyes but wonder and investigate the phenomena which we cannot see and yet which confront us as clearly as a pillar stands before a blind man…1999, Paracelsus, “Opus Paramirum”, in Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke, transl., Essential Readings, North Atlantic Books, page 96

Origin of magnalia

From post-classical Latin magnalia.

Questions about magnalia

What does magnalia mean?
Magnalia means wonders, great things.
What part of speech is magnalia?
Magnalia is a noun.

Words near magnalia in the dictionary

  1. magnafacies
  2. magnaflux
  3. magnafluxed
  4. magnafluxes
  5. magnafluxing
  6. magnalia
  7. magnalities
  8. magnality
  9. magnalium
  10. magnaliums
  11. magnamycin

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