affulgence

English

Noun

affulgence (countable and uncountable, plural affulgences)

1. Alternative form of effulgence
   • 1794, James Thomson, Giambattista Bodoni, The Seasons, page 59:

     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.

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

     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.

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

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

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

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

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

     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.