effulgence

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Inasmuch as the effulgence is one effulgence, the human realities must all become recipients of the same light, recognizing in it the compelling force that unites them in its illumination As this is the radiant century, it is my hope that the Sun of Truth may illumine all humanity.

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  1. noun A brilliant radiance.

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  • Shall we not only put out, but shatter, the lamp of liberty, a lamp whose effulgence was beginning to scatter the shades of despotism from off the earth? —  Letters of Ulysses S. Grant to His Father and His Youngest Sister, 1857-78
  • He who ignites the stars and the cells of flesh with mysterious life-effulgence can surely bring luster of vision into your eyes. ' —  Autobiography of a Yogi
  • Inasmuch as the effulgence is one effulgence, the human realities must all become recipients of the same light, recognizing in it the compelling force that unites them in its illumination As this is the radiant century, it is my hope that the Sun of Truth may illumine all humanity. —  The Promulgation of Universal Peace
  • Inasmuch as the effulgence is one effulgence, the human realities must all become recipients of the same light, recognizing in it the compelling force that unites them in its illumination. —  The Promulgation of Universal Peace
  • Erie held out his hand toward the stairs. —  Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine
 

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  1. = Spanish efulgencia, from Latin effulgen(t-)s, present participle: see effulgent.

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/ (ĭ-fo͝olˈjəns, ĭ-fŭlˈ-)/
ahd pronounces "effulgence"
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