According to Guinness World Records, the largest collection of coffee pots belongs to Robert Dahl (Germany) and consists of 27,390 coffee pots as of 2 November 2012, in Rövershagen, Germany.
MAGNIFICENCE
impressiveness, grandness, magnificence, richness
(noun) splendid or imposing in size or appearance; âthe grandness of the architectureâ; âimpressed by the richness of the floraâ
magnificence, brilliance, splendor, splendour, grandeur, grandness
(noun) the quality of being magnificent or splendid or grand; âfor magnificence and personal service there is the Queenâs hotelâ; âhis âHamletâ lacks the brilliance that one expectsâ; âit is the university that gives the scene its stately splendorâ; âan imaginative mix of old-fashioned grandeur and colorful artâ; âadvertisers capitalize on the grandness and elegance it brings to their productsâ
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
magnificence (countable and uncountable, plural magnificences)
grandeur, brilliance, lavishness or splendor
The act of doing what is magnificent; the state or quality of being magnificent.
impressiveness
Source: Wiktionary
Mag*nif"i*cence, n. Etym: [F. magnificence, L. magnificentia. See Magnific.]
Definition: The act of doing what magnificent; the state or quality of being magnificent. Acts xix. 27. "Then cometh magnificence." Chaucer. And, for the heaven's wide circuit, let it speak The Maker's high magnificence, who built so spacious. Milton. The noblest monuments of Roman magnificence. Eustace.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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COMMUNICATIONS
(noun) the discipline that studies the principles of transmiting information and the methods by which it is delivered (as print or radio or television etc.); âcommunications is his major field of studyâ
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