( BrE ) ( AmE splendor ) noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ full
▪
A butterfly emerged in its full ~ a week later.
▪ glorious , great , regal
▪ former , original
▪ faded
▪ architectural , scenic , visual
▪ baroque , gothic , medieval , etc.
▪ Edwardian , Victorian , etc.
▪
They have restored the building to its former Victorian ~.
VERB + SPLENDOUR/SPLENDOR
▪ have
▪
The hotel has the ~ of a 19th-century mansion.
▪ lose
▪ match
▪
No other palace could match the ~ of the Taj Mahal.
▪ recapture , regain
▪
It will take a lot of repair work before the building regains its former ~.
▪ restore sth to
▪
The house has been restored to its original ~.
PREPOSITION
▪ in ~
▪
They dined in a special suite in glorious ~.
▪ in sb's/sth's ~
▪
There below lay Paris in all its ~.
▪ of ~
▪
a castle of great ~
▪ ~s of
▪
I've only just discovered the ~s of the countryside.
PHRASES
▪ in solitary ~
▪
The castle rises in solitary ~ on the fringe of the desert.