resplendence

[ ri-splen-duhns ]

/ rɪˈsplɛn dəns /

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noun

a resplendent quality or state; splendor.

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Also re·splend·en·cy

[ri-splen-duhn-see] /rɪˈsplɛn dən si/ .

Origin of resplendence

First recorded in 1375–1425; late Middle English word from Late Latin word resplendentia.See resplendent, -ence

Words nearby resplendence

respire, respirometer, respirometry, respite, respite care, resplendence, resplendent, respond, respondence, respondent, respondent conditioning

How to use resplendence in a sentence

And in that midst their sportive pennons wav'd Thousands of angels; in resplendence each Distinct, and quaint adornment.
The Vision of Paradise, Complete|Dante Alighieri
The great dining room was a spot that awed Belle-Ann with its intrinsic resplendence.
The Red Debt|Everett MacDonald
In the full light of the chandelier she saw the colonel in all his resplendence still pacing silently up and down.
The Song of Songs|Hermann Sudermann
Through the whole of the evening Mollie and the camellias shone forth with resplendence.
Vagabondia|Frances Hodgson Burnett

Her anxious glances searched the corners and sought amongst all that filth for the resplendence she had dreamt of.
L'Assommoir|Emile Zola

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