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English Dictionary: splendor by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
splendor
n
  1. a quality that outshines the usual [syn: luster, lustre, brilliancy, splendor, splendour]
  2. the quality of being magnificent or splendid or grand; "for magnificence and personal service there is the Queen's hotel"; "his `Hamlet' lacks the brilliance that one expects"; "it is the university that gives the scene its stately splendor"; "an imaginative mix of old-fashioned grandeur and colorful art"; "advertisers capitalize on the grandness and elegance it brings to their products"
    Synonym(s): magnificence, brilliance, splendor, splendour, grandeur, grandness
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Splendor \Splen"dor\, n.[L. fr. splendere to shine: cf. F.
      splendeur.]
      1. Great brightness; brilliant luster; brilliancy; as, the
            splendor ot the sun. --B. Jonson.
  
      2. Magnifience; pomp; parade; as, the splendor of equipage,
            ceremonies, processions, and the like. [bd]Rejoice in
            splendor of mine own.[b8] --Shak.
  
      3. Brilliancy; glory; as, the splendor of a victory.
  
      Syn: Luster; brilliancy; magnifience; gorgeousness; display;
               showiness; pomp; parade; grandeur.
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