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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. the quality of being magnificent or splendid or grand;
- Example: "for magnificence and personal service there is the Queen's hotel"
- Example: "his `Hamlet' lacks the brilliance that one expects";
- Example: "it is the university that gives the scene its stately splendor"
- Example: "an imaginative mix of old-fashioned grandeur and colorful art"
- Example: "advertisers capitalize on the grandness and elegance it brings to their products"
[syn: magnificence, brilliance, splendor, splendour, grandeur, grandness]

2. the quality of elevation of mind and exaltation of character or ideals or conduct;
[syn: nobility, nobleness, magnanimousness, grandeur]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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.
   [1913 Webster]

         Nor doth this grandeur and majestic show
         Of luxury . . . allure mine eye.         --Milton.

   Syn: Sublimity; majesty; stateliness; augustness; loftiness.
        See Sublimity.
        [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

grandeur
    n 1: the quality of being magnificent or splendid or grand; "for
         magnificence and personal service there is the Queen's
         hotel"; "his `Hamlet' lacks the brilliance that one
         expects"; "it is the university that gives the scene its
         stately splendor"; "an imaginative mix of old-fashioned
         grandeur and colorful art"; "advertisers capitalize on the
         grandness and elegance it brings to their products" [syn:
         magnificence, brilliance, splendor, splendour,
         grandeur, grandness]
    2: the quality of elevation of mind and exaltation of character
       or ideals or conduct [syn: nobility, nobleness,
       magnanimousness, grandeur]