sublimity

[ suh-blim-i-tee ]
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noun,plural sub·lim·i·ties for 2.
  1. the state or quality of being sublime.

  2. a sublime person or thing.

Origin of sublimity

1
1520–30; <Latin sublīmitās height, equivalent to sublīm(is) sublime + -itās-ity

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How to use sublimity in a sentence

  • There is a touch of sublimity in that, and the basia of Baal-Zeboub may well enough be more demoralising than those of Secundus.

    Devil-Worship in France | Arthur Edward Waite