SUBLIM'ITY, noun [Latin sublimitas.] 1. Elevation of place; lofty highth. 2. Highth in excellence; loftiness of nature or character; moral grandeur; as God's incomprehensible sublimity The sublimity of the character of Christ owes nothing to his historians. 3. In oratory and composition, lofty conceptions, or such conceptions expressed in corresponding language; loftiness of sentiment or style. Milton's distinguishing excellence lies in the sublimity of his thoughts.
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