Meaning

3 senses
  1. (US, uncountable, usually)Great light, luster or brilliance.

  2. (US, uncountable, usually)Magnificent appearance, display or grandeur.

    The splendor of the Queen's coronation was without comparison.

    Pracht

    великоле́пиеvelikolépije, пы́шностьpýšnostʹ, блескblesk

    вели́чvelýč, пи́шністьpýšnistʹ, блискblysk

  3. (US, uncountable, usually)Great fame or glory.

More definitions
  • the quality of being magnificent or splendid or grand
  • a quality that outshines the usual

Examples

11 sentences
  1. The palace was built in great splendor.

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  2. We were amazed by the splendor of the scenery.

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  3. Well, best not to let my splendor go to waste!

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  4. Can you imagine Babel's splendor?

    Ти можеш уявити собі пишність Вавілона?

    ruМожешь представить себе великолепие Вавилона?

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  5. The most real of all splendors are not in outward things, they are within us.

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Translations

9 languages
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Русский
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Origin

From Anglo-Norman splendur, splendour, or directly from its source Latin splendor, from th

From Anglo-Norman splendur, splendour, or directly from its source Latin splendor, from the verb splendeō (“to shine”).

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Forms

plural: splendors

Synonyms

8 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

4 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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