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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Grandeur \Gran"deur\, n. [F., fr grand. See {Grand}.]
The state or quality of being grand; vastness; greatness;
splendor; magnificence; stateliness; sublimity; dignity;
elevation of thought or expression; nobility of action
Nor doth this grandeur and majestic show Of luxury . .
. allure mine eye. --Milton.
Syn: Sublimity; majesty; stateliness; augustness; loftiness.
See {Sublimity}.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
grandeur
n 1: the quality of being magnificent or splendid or grand [syn:
{magnificence}, {brilliance}, {splendor}, {splendour}, {grandness}]
2: the quality of being exalted in character or ideals or
conduct [syn: {nobility}, {magnanimousness}]
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