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Definition of Splendour

1. Noun. A quality that outshines the usual.

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

Definition of Splendour

1. Noun. (British spelling) (alternative spelling of splendor) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Splendour

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Splendour

splendider splendidest splendidious splendidly splendidness splendidnesses splendidous splendiferous splendiferously splendiferousness

splendiloquent splendish splendor splendorous splendors splendour (current term) splendourous splendours splendrous splendrousness

splenectomies splenectomize splenectomized splenectomizes splenectomizing splenectomy splenectopia splenelcosis splenemphraxis spleneolus

Literary usage of Splendour

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

1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"The splendour of the Comneni was the splendour of the setting sun. It was a period of restoration. Men hoped again to raise literature to the standard of ..."

2. The Cambridge Modern History by Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero (1907)
"Venice was at the zenith of her splendour ; a city of pleasure, ... But more than this; behind the external splendour and deep down as the cause of it, ..."

3. The History of Rome by Wilhelm Ihne (1871)
"Growing splendour of Rome. Accumulation of works of art in Rome. greater splendour. The huge substructions of the Capitol dated from this period. ..."

4. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1868)
"... it obliterated his wonderful power of giving at once splendour and minutely life-like finish to historic portraits ; it banished all subtlety from his ..."

5. The English Poets: Selections with Critical Introductions by Thomas Humphry Ward (1918)
"... [From The Princess] THE splendour FALLS ON CASTLE WALLS The splendour falls on castle walls And snowy summits old in story: The long light shakes across ..."

6. The Lives of the Lord Chancellors and Keepers of the Great Seal of England by John Campbell Campbell (1845)
"His splendour at court of Rome. Bishop of Durham. Sept. 28. AD 1334. When his royal pupil wore the crown, he was rapidly promoted both in the state and the ..."

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