Definition of sublimity
sublimities
1 : the quality or state of being sublime
2 : something sublime or exalted
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Recent Examples of sublimity from the Web
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In 1964, enchanted by the otherworldly sublimity of the mountain, Watanabe made his first solo climb.
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Loud and rowdy comedy and its repetitive antics fuses with quietly transcendent tenderness, a geographical devotion to terrain meets special effects of a simple, irrational sublimity.
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As is the case with so many of nature’s once-rare features, some scientists think climate change and resource depletion will make more rivers more ephemeral — a sublimity too cheaply got.
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Empereur and other scientists are now uncovering astonishing artifacts and rediscovering the architectural sublimity, economic muscle and intellectual dominance of an urban center that ranked second only to ancient Rome.
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First Known Use of sublimity
15th century
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