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English Dictionary - With Multi-Lingual Search Your Query of 'magnum opus' Resulted in 1 Matches Displaying Items 1 through 1 Definitions magnum opus noun (magna opera, sg=magnum opus) A great work of literacy or art; the best, most popular, or most renowned achievement of an author, or artist. Such a work seen as its maker"s greatest, representing his major life effort. An individual literary or artistic masterpiece<ref>WordNet?® 2.1, Retrieved December 10, 2006, from http://dictionary.reference.com Dictionary.com</ref> (rfv-sense) (alchemy) The act of creating or discovering the philosopher's stone, philosopher"s stone.<ref>http://etext.virginia.edu/etcbin/toccer-new2?id=RedAlch.sgm&images=images/modeng&data=/texts/english/modeng/parsed&tag=public&part=43&division=div2 Alchemy: Ancient and Modern, Section 43: Bernard Trévisan, Herbert Stanley Redgrove, Copyright 1999, by the Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia</ref> Etymology: From (term, magnum opus, , great work, lang=la).<ref name="AHD-etym"><i>The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language</i> Fourth Edition</ref>        Find:   Words Starting With:   Words Ending With:   Words Containing:   Words That Match:    Translate Into:    Dutch   French   German    Italian   Spanish Enter your search terms Submit search form   Web www.allwords.com Browse the Dictionary A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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