resplendence

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

RESPLEN'DENCE, RESPLEN'DENCY, noun [Latin resplendens, resplendeo; re and splendeo, to shine.] Brilliant luster; vivid brightness; splendor. Son! thou in whom my glory I behold in full resplendence heir of all my might.
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