Meanings
nounmagnalia pl (plural only)
- historicalpluralplural onlyWonders, great things.First known use 17th c.
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
- Latinmagnalia
- Englishmagnalia
From post-classical Latin magnalia.
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