luster

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

LUS'TER, noun [Latin lustrum, lustro to purify.] 1. Brightness; splendor; gloss; as the luster of the sun or stars; the luster of silk. The sun's mild luster warms the vital air. 2. The splendor of birth, of deeds or of fame; renown; distinction. His ancestors continued about four hundred years, rather without obscurity than with any great share of luster 3. A sconce with lights; a branched candlestick of glass. 4. The space of five years. [Latin lustrum.]
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