sublimity

Noun

Meaning

The quality or state of being sublime (in any sense of the adjective).

That which is sublime; as, the sublimities of nature.

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Hypernyms

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Examples

Accordingly, the wings attributed to these powers have no other meaning than to indicate the sublimity of their nature." Source: Internet

Do nothing to mar its grandeur, sublimity and loveliness. Source: Internet

My mind feels as if it ached to behold & know something great – something one & indivisible – and it is only in the faith of this that rocks or waterfalls, mountains or caverns give me the sense of sublimity or majesty! Source: Internet

Nyrop adds that the love kiss, "rich in promise, bestows an intoxicating feeling of infinite happiness, courage, and youth, and therefore surpasses all other earthly joys in sublimity." Source: Internet

The primary purpose of the Academy is to further the "purity, strength, and sublimity of the Swedish language " ("Svenska Språkets renhet, styrka och höghet") (Walshe, 1965). Source: Internet

No one will ever surpass the sublimity of the first movement, but it will be an easy task to write as badly for voices as is done in the last movement." Source: Internet

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