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splendor

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splendor
noun /ˈsplɛndə/
a) Great light, luster or brilliance.

"Once upon a time on an uninhabited island on the shores of the Red Sea, there lived a Parsee from whose hat the rays of the sun were reflected in more-than-oriental-splendour."

b) Magnificent appearance, display or grandeur.

The splendor of the Queens coronation was without comparison.


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