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resplendence

[ ri-splen-duhns ]

noun

  1. a resplendent quality or state; splendor.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of resplendence1

First recorded in 1375–1425; late Middle English word from Late Latin word resplendentia. See resplendent, -ence

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Example Sentences

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.

In the full light of the chandelier she saw the colonel in all his resplendence still pacing silently up and down.

Through the whole of the evening Mollie and the camellias shone forth with resplendence.

Her anxious glances searched the corners and sought amongst all that filth for the resplendence she had dreamt of.

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