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radiancy

[ rey-dee-uhn-see ]

/ ˈreɪ di ən si /

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noun, plural ra·di·an·cies.

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Origin of radiancy

First recorded in 1640–50; radi(ant) + -ancy

OTHER WORDS FROM radiancy

non·ra·di·an·cy, nounsub·ra·di·an·cy, noun

Words nearby radiancy

radial triangulation, radial tyre, radial velocity, radian, radiance, radiancy, radiant, radiant efficiency, radiant emittance, radiant energy, radiant exitance

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How to use radiancy in a sentence

What radiancy spread over the Queen's side of the House we need not say.
History Of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Vol. VII. (of XXI.)|Thomas Carlyle
It still, however, lingers to a limited extent in Art, and it will always be the many-coloured radiancy which colours Poetry.
Archaic England|Harold Bayley
Yet best of all was the summer term, that glorious azure summer term of fourteen and a half, which fled by in a radiancy.
Sinister Street, vol. 1|Compton Mackenzie
Glittering in radiancy, she held out in her hand a lump of gold.
Summary Narrative of an Exploratory Expedition to the Sources of the Mississippi River, in 1820|Henry Rowe Schoolcraft

Its minarets stand up against a clear and cloudless sky, its radiancy shines from afar off.
My War Experiences in Two Continents|Sarah Macnaughtan