resplendence

/ɹɪˈsplɛn.dəns/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.02 in modern English

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noun

Countable; Uncountable

"Son! thou in whom my glory I behold / In full resplendence, heir of all my might."
"The sun above gleams like a shining jewel, but even its brightness is nothing compared to the resplendence of the Empire."

From Middle English resplendence, from Latin resplendentia.

resplendences (plural)

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The recorded pronunciation is /ɹɪˈsplɛn.dəns/.

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Where does resplendence come from?

It is traced to Middle English.

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