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noun

magnum opus n.

A great work of art or literature.

The greatest work or achievement of a particular artist, writer, or other individual. "Inspired by this milieu, (Max Stirner) wrote his magnum opus The Ego and Its Own, which was published in November 1844."

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Etymology of 'Magnum opus'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... philosopher's egg. This symbol is compared to the "Egyptian stone," and the dragon, which bites its tail; consequently the procreation symbol is compared to an eternity or cycle symbol. The "Egyptian stone" is, however, the philosopher's stone or, by metonomy, the great work (magnum opus) of its manufacture. The egg is the World Egg that recurs in so many world cosmogonies. The grand mastery refers usually and mainly to thoughts of world creation. The egg-shaped receptacle in which the master work ...

— Hidden Symbolism of Alchemy and the Occult Arts • Herbert Silberer

... Ten Princes (the Dasa Kumara Carita), and of Bhartri-hari's Apophthegms. Colebrooke records his debt to Carey for carrying through the Serampore press the Sanskrit dictionary of Amara Sinha, the oldest native lexicographer, with an English interpretation and annotations. But the magnum opus of Carey was what in 1811 he described as A Universal Dictionary of the Oriental Languages, derived from the Sanskrit, of which that language is to be the groundwork. The object for which he had been long collecting the materials of this mighty work was ...

— The Life of William Carey • George Smith

Words linked to "Magnum opus" : work of art