affulgence

plural affulgences

1. alternativecountableuncountableAlternative form of effulgence.

   It is self-luminous because it shines from within and it does not derive its affulgence from external stimuli.

   1990, Nirbhai Singh, Philosophy of Sikhism: Reality and Its Manifestations, page 190

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   Thy System rolls entire; from the far bourne Of utmost Saturn, wheeling wide his round Of thirty years; to Mercury, whose disk Can scarce be caught by philosophic eye, Lost in the near affulgence of thy blaze.

   1794, James Thomson, Giambattista Bodoni, The Seasons, page 59

   May the day-spring from on high once more visit the world in all its unadulterated affulgence, and Trinitarians, Arians, Socinians, and a thousand unscriptural denominations chaunt an unanimous Hosannah to the brightness of its rising.

   1821, Religio Clerici: two epistles by a Churchman; with notes.

   The sun of righteousness arose, dispersed the clouds of darkness, and poured noonday affulgence into the dungeon of the tomb.

   1830, Rev. Charles Hudson, Death in Adam - Life in Christ, page 2

   Night now gives place to the brightness of day, and amid its affulgence the world rolls on again to night, and each brings its incidents of life.

   2000, Lee Ann Sandweiss, Seeking St. Louis: Voices from a River City, 1670-2000, →ISBN, page 156