sublimity

[suh-blim-i-tee] /səˈblɪm ɪ ti/
noun, plural sublimities for 2.
1.
the state or quality of being sublime.
2.
a sublime person or thing.
Origin
1520-30; < Latin sublīmitās height, equivalent to sublīm(is) sublime + -itās -ity
Examples from the web for sublimity
  • True virtue ought to be cheerful and soar with the sublimity of reverence for its law.
  • Such sublimity makes it difficult to understand the global catastrophe brewing here.
  • True or false, there is a sublimity in the speculations of geologists which fascinates the imagination.
  • His ardour and idealism prepare us for the deeper spiritual sublimity of the puritan poet.
  • It was her last vituperative attempt, and perhaps for that reason was invested with a certain degree of sublimity.
  • It should be noted as exhibiting a rare excellence-the climax of simple sublimity.
  • Wherever the gaze rested, a wonderful picture was spread combining charm and sublimity, remote past and joyous present.
  • sublimity is produced by aggregation, and littleness by dispersion.
  • Instead, this picture achieves a level of badness that is its own form of sublimity.
  • Do nothing to mar its grandeur, sublimity and loveliness.
Word Origin and History for sublimity
n.

early 15c., "loftiness, exaltation, glory," from Latin sublimitatem (nominative sublimitas), from sublimis (see sublime).