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splendour

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/ ˈsplɛndə, ˈsplɛndrəs /

noun

  1. the state or quality of being splendid

  2. heraldry a representation of the sun with rays and a human face

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Now the item will form part of the South Kensington museum's Versailles: Science And Splendour exhibition, which opens on 12 December.

From BBC • Nov. 19, 2024

In a campaign manifesto for the presidential election in 2019 titled "Vistas of Prosperity and Splendour", which became a policy framework after a landslide victory, Rajapaksa proposed providing Sri Lankans with food without harmful chemicals.

From Reuters • Mar. 3, 2022

Lana then delves into the oft-treaded material of the fateful 1981 Thanksgiving weekend when Natalie and Wagner embarked on a cruise to Catalina Island on their yacht, Splendour.

From Washington Post • Nov. 9, 2021

The “West Side Story” star was traveling on the family’s yacht Splendour with Wagner, Davern and actor Christopher Walken.

From Fox News • Sep. 28, 2018

Splendour of love, in whose sweet light Darkness is past and nought; Ah, beyond words that sound on earth, Golden bloom of the garden of heaven!

From Indian Poetry Containing "The Indian Song of Songs," from the Sanskrit of the Gîta Govinda of Jayadeva, Two books from "The Iliad Of India" (Mahábhárata), "Proverbial Wisdom" from the Shlokas of the Hitopadesa, and other Oriental Poems. by Arnold, Edwin, Sir

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