splendour

Noun

• 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
    

• a quality that outshines the usual

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  magnificence , brilliance , splendor , grandeur , grandness , luster , lustre , brilliancy