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noun

Splendor n.

Great brightness; brilliant luster; brilliancy; as, the splendor ot the sun.

Magnifience; pomp; parade; as, the splendor of equipage, ceremonies, processions, and the like. "Rejoice in splendor of mine own."

Brilliancy; glory; as, the splendor of a victory.

Synonyms: Luster; brilliancy; magnifience; gorgeousness; display; showiness; pomp; parade; grandeur.

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Etymology of 'Splendor'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Splendor" Quotes from Famous Books

... as the glories of the reign of Charlemagne had gone down in a sunset of splendor, the Northmen entered unopposed all the great rivers of France and Spain. They speedily conquered England. On all sides they ravaged the country and destroyed the population, whose only defence consisted in prayers ...

— Irish Race in the Past and the Present • Aug. J. Thebaud

... liberty; still mightiest in moral reformation. On that name no eulogy is expected. It cannot be. To add brightness to the sun or glory to the name of Washington is alike impossible. Let none attempt it. In solemn awe pronounce the name, and in its naked, deathless splendor leave it ...

— Abraham Lincoln: A History V1 • John G. Nicolay and John Hay

... were upon the deck of that steamer, as they strained their eyes towards the land, and anon lost their balance by the dashing of the billows! The lightning played with terrific splendor, alternating with the blackness of the heavens; and the roar of the waves was only hushed by the awful artillery of ...

— Autographs for Freedom, Volume 2 (of 2) (1854) • Various

... Your poor little hands are blue. Why, what have you here, hidin' under your shawl? Beryl Lynch! Dear love us—a doll!" With a laugh that was like a tinkling of low pitched bells the little mother drew the treasure from its hiding place. But as her eyes swept the silken splendor of the raiment her merriment changed to wonder and then ...

— Red-Robin • Jane Abbott

... repulsive aspects of slave life; where pride and pomp roll luxuriously at ease; where the toil of a thousand men supports a single family in easy idleness and sin. This is the great house; it is the home of the LLOYDS! Some idea of its splendor has already been given—and, it is here that we shall find that height of luxury which is the opposite of that depth of poverty and physical wretchedness that we have just now been contemplating. But, there is this difference in the ...

— My Bondage and My Freedom • Frederick Douglass

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