splendour
[noun]
Synonyms: magnificence, brightness, brilliance, display, glory, grandeur, pomp, richness, show, spectacle, sumptuousness

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

splen‧dour British English, splendor American English /ˈsplendə $ -ər/ noun
[Date: 1400-1500; Language: Anglo-French; Origin: splendur, from Latin splendor, from splendere; ⇒ splendid]

1. [uncountable] impressive beauty, especially of a large building or large place
splendour of
We marvelled at the splendour of the scenery.
The palace has now been restored to its original splendour.

2. splendours [plural] impressive beautiful features, especially of a large building or place
splendours of
the splendours of the imperial court

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

splendour
noun
ADJ. full A butterfly emerged in its full splendour a week later.
glorious, great, regal | former, original | faded, fading | scenic
VERB + SPLENDOUR have The hotel has the splendour of a nineteenth-century mansion.
lose | recapture, regain It will take a lot of repair work before the theatre regains its former splendour.
restore sth to The house has been restored to its original splendour.
PREP. in ~ They dined in a special suite in glorious splendour.
in sb's/sth's ~ There below lay Paris in all its splendour.
of ~ a castle of great splendour
~s of I've only just discovered the splendours of the English countryside.
PHRASES in solitary splendour The castle rises in solitary splendour on the fringe of the desert.

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