splendor

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman splendur, splendour, or directly from its source Latin splendor, from the verb splendere (“to shine”).

noun

1. Great light, luster or brilliance.
   Once upon a time on an uninhabited island on the shores of the Red Sea, there lived a Parsee from whose hat the rays of the sun were reflected in more-than-oriental-splendour. 1902, Rudyard Kipling, “How the Rhinoceros got its skin”, in Just So Stories
2. Magnificent appearance, display or grandeur.
   The splendor of the Queen's coronation was without comparison.
   The original family who had begun to build a palace to rival Nonesuch had died out before they had put up little more than the gateway, so that the actual structure which had come down to posterity retained the secret magic of a promise rather than the overpowering splendour of a great architectural achievement. 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 1, in The China Governess
3. Great fame or glory.