resplendence

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English

Etymology

From Middle English resplendence, from Latin resplendentia.

Pronunciation

Noun

resplendence (countable and uncountable, plural resplendences)

  1. The property of being, or that which causes something to be, resplendent.
    • 1667, Milton, Paradise Lost:
      Son! thou in whom my glory I behold / In full resplendence, heir of all my might.
    • 2016, Kazerad, Crowdfunding Receipt Comic, in: Prequel -or- Making a Cat Cry: The Adventure (webcomic), October 31 2016
      The sun above gleams like a shining jewel, but even its brightness is nothing compared to the resplendence of the Empire.

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