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Definition of Grandeur

1. Noun. The quality of being magnificent or splendid or grand. "Advertisers capitalize on the grandness and elegance it brings to their products"

2. Noun. The quality of elevation of mind and exaltation of character or ideals or conduct.

Definition of Grandeur

1. n. The state or quality of being grand; vastness; greatness; splendor; magnificence; stateliness; sublimity; dignity; elevation of thought or expression; nobility of action.

Definition of Grandeur

1. Noun. The state of being grand or splendid; magnificence. ¹

2. Noun. Nobility. ¹

3. Noun. (archaic rare) Greatness; largeness; tallness; loftiness. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Grandeur

1. the state of being grand [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Grandeur

granddaughter granddaughter cyst granddaughters granddog granddogs grande grande dame grande wormwood grandee grandees

grandeeship grandeeships grander grandes écoles grandest grandeur (current term) grandeurs grandevity grandevous grandfather

grandfather's clock grandfather's clocks grandfather-in-law grandfather clause grandfather clauses grandfather clock grandfather clocks grandfather paradox grandfather paradoxes grandfathered

Literary usage of Grandeur

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A General Collection of the Best and Most Interesting Voyages and Travels in by John Pinkerton (1808)
"grandeur of Ludlow ... fion taught me to expect more beauty and grandeur than I found there, ... grandeur ..."

2. The Novels of Jane Austen by Jane Austen (1892)
"The power of displaying the grandeur of his patroness to his wondering visitors, and of letting them see her civility towards himself and his wife, ..."

3. The Iliad of Homer by Homer, John Graham Cordery (1871)
"by a natural and unique grandeur transfigured all he touched ; and who by the breath of his genius animated or re-created their several family heroes into ..."

4. The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians by Charles Rollin (1830)
"The undertaking was bold, and in outward ppearance rash, but evinces the courage and grandeur of the Roman genius. The Romans were not then possessed of a ..."

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