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resplendence|rɪˈsplɛndəns| [ad. late L. resplendentia (Aug.): see resplend v. and -ence.] Brightness, brilliance, lustre, splendour.
1432–50tr. Higden (Rolls) II. 7 The chere of theyme dothe ȝiffe grete resplendence lyke to an angelle. Ibid. VI. 91 Etheldreda..ȝafe grete resplendence thro miracles. 1555Eden Decades (Arb.) 367 When also it [silver] is founde lyinge..amonge certeine scales or cloddes of earth, they saye that it is perfecte, although it haue not to the eye suche resplendence. 1561― Art Nauig. i. ii, The resplendence or shining of the sonne. 1609Holland Amm. Marcell. 163 It discoloureth and diminisheth his [the sun's] most pure resplendence. 1676Marvell Mr. Smirke 34 [He] shuts his eyes as not being able to indure the resplendence of those evident Truths. 1794G. Adams Nat. & Exp. Philos. II. xx. 382 A hue and resplendence similar to that of white metals. c1850Neale Hymns East. Ch. 134 Fill'd with celestial resplendence and light. 1878Bayne Purit. Rev. i. 19 The lighting up of the soul with the very resplendence of heaven. |