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resplendence

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re⋅splend⋅ence

  [ri-splen-duhns]
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–noun
a resplendent quality or state; splendor.
Also, re⋅splend⋅en⋅cy.

Origin:
1375–1425; late ME < LL resplendentia. See resplendent, -ence
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re·splen·dent   (rĭ-splěn'dənt)   
adj.  Splendid or dazzling in appearance; brilliant.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin resplendēns, resplendent-, present participle of resplendēre, to shine brightly : re-, re- + splendēre, to shine.]
re·splen'dence, re·splen'den·cy n., re·splen'dent·ly adv.
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