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splendors

splendors is the plural of splendor.

Meaning of splendor

Noun

splendor (usually uncountable, plural splendors)

  1. (US, usually) Great light, luster or brilliance.
    • What tho’ the moon—the white moon
      Shed all the splendour of her noon,
      Her smile is chilly—and her beam,
      In that time of dreariness, will seem
      (So like you gather in your breath)
      A portrait taken after death.1829, Edgar Allan Poe, “Tamerlane”, in Al Aaraaf, Tamerlane and Minor Poems
  2. (US, usually) Magnificent appearance, display or grandeur.
    • The splendor of the Queen's coronation was without comparison.
  3. (US, usually) Great fame or glory.

Questions about splendors

What is splendors the plural of?
Splendors is the plural of splendor.

Words near splendors in the dictionary

  1. splendish
  2. splenditude
  3. splendor
  4. splendorous
  5. splendorously
  6. splendors
  7. splendour
  8. Splendour of the Father
  9. splendourous
  10. splendours
  11. splendrous

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