noun. A person of distinguished rank, importance, or appearance.

noun. A nobleman of the Venetian Republic.

noun. A title of courtesy formerly given to Venetian noblemen; hence, a grandee; a man of high rank or pretensions; a great man.

noun. A by-name for the rector of a German university, who is entitled to be addressed as your Magnificence. See magnificence, 3.

noun. A grandee or nobleman of Venice; -- so called in courtesy.

noun. A rector of a German university.

noun. A grandee or nobleman of Venice.

noun. A rector of a German university.

noun. a person of distinguished rank or appearance

"Posterity has agreed to call Lorenzo "the Magnificent", but this is, in part, a misunderstanding of the Italian title "magnifico", which was given to all the members of his family, and, indeed, during the fifteenth century, applied to most persons of importance in Italy to whom the higher title of "Excellence" did not pertain."

important person  influential person  personage  

aestuaret  breadwinner  conficio  conformable  consentire  

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