reˈsplendency
[See -ency.]
= prec.
| 1611 Cotgr., Resplendeur, resplendencie,..brightnesse. a 1618 Sylvester Panaretus 830 Nay nothing, nothing under Heav'n, may misse The Minds-guide rayes of my Resplendencies. 1661 Burney κέρδ. Δῶρον 26 The resplendencie of all Scepters was at the coming of Shiloh. 1737 Bp. Brown Proc. Understanding i. ix. (ed. 3) 140 Light in its greatest Resplendency is Material, and an Object of Sensation. 1760 S. Fielding Ophelia I. vii, I could not help being struck at the resplendency of all the ornaments. 1856 Kane Arct. Expl. I. iii. 37 Making the ice around us one great resplendency of gemwork. 1878 Browning La Saisiaz 78 Any more than thy resplendency, Jean-Jacques. |