sublimity

sublimity
/seuh blim"i tee/, n., pl. sublimities for 2.
1. the state or quality of being sublime.
2. a sublime person or thing.
[1520-30; < L sublimitas height, equiv. to sublim(is) SUBLIME + -itas -ITY]

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