Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Great light or luster; brilliance.
- noun Magnificent appearance or display; grandeur.
- noun Something grand or magnificent.
- noun Great fame; glory.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To make splendid; illuminate with splendor; light up.
- noun Great brightness; brilliant luster: as, the splendor of the sun.
- noun Great show of richness and elegance; magnificence; pomp; parade; grandeur; eminence: as, the splendor of a victory.
- noun In heraldry See
sun in splendor , under sun.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Great brightness; brilliant luster; brilliancy.
- noun Magnifience; pomp; parade.
- noun Brilliancy; glory.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun American Great
light ,luster orbrilliance . - noun American
Magnificent appearance ,display orgrandeur . - noun American Great
fame orglory .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a quality that outshines the usual
- noun the quality of being magnificent or splendid or grand
Etymologies
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Examples
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Yet the splendor is the authenticity of each fluid stage of his development, which is no small task.
Book Review: The Stars My Destination | Heretical Ideas Magazine 2009
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This brilliant wheel, justly called a splendor, is attached to a conical cap on the head of the dancer, held by a ribbon or kerchief tied under the chin.
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This brilliant wheel, justly called a splendor, is attached to a conical cap on the head of the dancer, held by a ribbon or kerchief tied under the chin.
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This brilliant wheel, justly called a splendor, is attached to a conical cap on the head of the dancer, held by a ribbon or kerchief tied under the chin.
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As a prelude to an “inevitable” battle between the Red Man and the White Man in a later story in the same collection, a similar setting in all its naturalistic splendor is detailed:
“The Kipling of the Klondike”: Naturalism in London's Early Fiction 2010
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Its architecture, especially what remains of its sixteenth century splendor, is some of the most impressive I've ever seen.
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The picture postcard view of The Greenbrier resort's white hotel facade offset with tulips in spring splendor is gone, replaced by cranes, dust and construction workers in a dash to finish an underground casino beneath what used to be the front lawn.
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But the fact, that a government, in which the principle was carried to the utmost extreme, not only existed, but existed for so long a period, in great power and splendor, is proof conclusive both of its practicability and its compatibility with the power and permanency of government.
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And then, in splendor and glory, came the great idea.
Chapter 9 2010
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The capital of Hallandren is T'telir, a beautiful city by the sea, a center of the dyeing trade where colorfully-dressed crowds mill through the bustling streets, and living gods rule in splendor, confined to the gilded cage known as the Court of Gods.
KINGS Preview in WARBREAKER Paperback Out Today + I AM NOT A SERIAL KILLER mistborn 2010
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