resplendence
[ ri-splen-duhns ]
noun
a resplendent quality or state; splendor.
Origin of resplendence
1First 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 Vision of Paradise, Complete | Dante AlighieriThe great dining room was a spot that awed Belle-Ann with its intrinsic resplendence.
The Red Debt | Everett MacDonaldIn 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 SudermannThrough the whole of the evening Mollie and the camellias shone forth with resplendence.
Vagabondia | Frances Hodgson BurnettHer anxious glances searched the corners and sought amongst all that filth for the resplendence she had dreamt of.
L'Assommoir | Emile Zola
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