refulgence

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English

Etymology

From Latin refulgentia.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ɹɪˈfʌl.d͡ʒənts/, /ɹəˈfʌl.d͡ʒənts/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ɹɪˈfʌl.d͡ʒənts/, /ɹəˈfʊl.d͡ʒənts/
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Noun

refulgence (countable and uncountable, plural refulgences)

  1. the quality of being refulgent; refulgency
    • 2022 August 6, Christopher Howse, “Spoken from the bright cloud on the mountain”, in The Daily Telegraph, number 52,013, page 27:
      In a parallel way the refulgence of Jesus's body at the Transfiguration was miraculous, transitory, like sun lighting up the air.

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