resplendence

[ ri-splen-duhns ]
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noun
  1. a resplendent quality or state; splendor.

Origin of resplendence

1
First recorded in 1375–1425; late Middle English word from Late Latin word resplendentia.See resplendent, -ence
  • Also re·splend·en·cy [ri-splen-duhn-see] /rɪˈsplɛn dən si/ .

Words Nearby resplendence

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How to use resplendence in a sentence

  • And in that midst their sportive pennons wav'd Thousands of angels; in resplendence each Distinct, and quaint adornment.

  • The great dining room was a spot that awed Belle-Ann with its intrinsic resplendence.

    The Red Debt | Everett MacDonald
  • In the full light of the chandelier she saw the colonel in all his resplendence still pacing silently up and down.

    The Song of Songs | Hermann Sudermann
  • Through the whole of the evening Mollie and the camellias shone forth with resplendence.

    Vagabondia | Frances Hodgson Burnett
  • Her anxious glances searched the corners and sought amongst all that filth for the resplendence she had dreamt of.

    L'Assommoir | Emile Zola