/gran"jeuhr, -joor/ , n.
1. the quality or state of being impressive or awesome: the grandeur of the Rocky Mountains.
2. the quality or state of being lofty or elevated in conception or treatment: the grandeur of a prose style.
3. the quality or state of being exalted in some deliberate way: the grandeur of a royal court.
4. an instance of something that is grand: the grandeurs of Rembrandt's paintings.
[ 1490-1500; grand- GRAND + -eur -OR 1 ]
Syn. 3. stateliness, majesty; pomp, splendor.