splendour

Other forms: splendours

Definitions of splendour
  1. noun
    the quality of being magnificent or splendid or grand
    synonyms: brilliance, grandeur, grandness, magnificence, splendor
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    types:
    eclat
    brilliant or conspicuous success or effect
    type of:
    elegance
    a refined quality of gracefulness and good taste
  2. noun
    a quality that outshines the usual
    synonyms: brilliancy, luster, lustre, splendor
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    type of:
    brightness
    the location of a visual perception along a continuum from black to white
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