splendor

3 definitions • 4 examples

great beauty that attracts admiration and attention:

They bought a decaying 16th-century manor house and restored it to its original splendor.

the beautiful features or qualities of a place, etc.:

the splendors of Venice

great beauty, or something that causes admiration and attention:

[ U ] It took several years to restore the building to its original splendor.

[ C ] We can only imagine the splendors of ancient Rome.