Meanings
plural fulgencies
- obsoleteuncountableusuallybrightness; splendour; glitter; effulgence
Besides, that from its fulgency it appears like flame.
1787, Tobias George Smollett, The Critical Review, Or, Annals of Literature, volume 632 more examples
Still but a shadow of his fulgency, His splendour shaded in that shrine of light;
1825, Joseph Belcher, Poetical Sketches of Biblical SubjectsLet the fulgency of the integrity of American constitutional interpretation remain undiminished and untarnished.
1937, Law Notes, volume 41
Origin
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