resplendence
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle English resplendence, from Latin resplendentia.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ɹɪˈsplɛn.dəns/
Audio (General Australian): (file)
Noun
[edit]resplendence (countable and uncountable, plural resplendences)
- 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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