Associations to the word «Magna»

Wiktionary

MAGNA CARTA, proper noun. A charter, granted by King John to the barons at Runnymede in 1215, that is a basis of English constitutional tradition.
MAGNA CHARTA, proper noun. Alternative spelling of Magna Carta
MAGNA CUM LAUDE, adverb. "With great praise"; an honor added to a diploma or degree for work considered to be of much higher quality than average.
MAGNA GRAECIA, proper noun. The coastal parts of Sicily and southern Italy once colonized by Greek settlers
MAGNA OPERA, noun. Plural of magnum opus

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats