Synonyms for magnum opus

Grammar : Noun

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Définition of magnum opus

Origin : "masterpiece, a person's greatest work," Latin, literally "great work" (see magnum + opus).

noun greatest single work

Example sentences :

It is his magnum opus in literature, and exhibits wide and laborious research.
Extract from : « The Grand Old Man » by Richard B. Cook

But you must learn the dictation; the great book, the magnum opus, it is there.
Extract from : « The Leopard Woman » by Stewart Edward White

It does not appear that he had any idea of writing his magnum opus in French.
Extract from : « Historical Essays » by James Ford Rhodes

Yet here it is, magnum opus, mocking the naturalist apparently to scorn.
Extract from : « Across America » by James F. Rusling

Thence the Cathedral—to be the magnum opus of the good Archbishop.
Extract from : « Hesperothen; Notes from the West, Vol. 1 (of 2) » by W. H. Russell

Magnetised electricity is the first matter of the magnum opus.
Extract from : « The Browning Cyclopdia » by Edward Berdoe

Nietzsche wrote his magnum opus in solitude, in the mountains and by the sea.
Extract from : « Prophets of Dissent » by Otto Heller

Yet the professor's magnum opus confers a degree upon us all.
Extract from : « The Kempton-Wace Letters » by Jack London

The writing and the printing of this Magnum Opus had been going on as long as she could remember.
Extract from : « Crome Yellow » by Aldous Huxley

His magnum opus is an elementary chemistry in verse for use in schools.
Extract from : « Confessions of Boyhood » by John Albee

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