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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Sublimity \Sub*lim"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Sublimities}. [L. sublimitas:
     cf. F. sublimit['e].]
     1. The quality or state of being sublime (in any sense of the
        adjective).
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     2. That which is sublime; as, the sublimities of nature.
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     Syn: Grandeur; magnificence.
  
     Usage: {Sublimity}, {Grandeur}. The mental state indicated by
            these two words is the same, namely, a mingled emotion
            of astonishment and awe. In speaking of the quality
            which produces this emotion, we call it grandeur when
            it springs from what is vast in space, power, etc.; we
            call it sublimity when it springs from what is
            elevated far above the ordinary incidents of humanity.
            An immense plain is grand. The heavens are not only
            grand, but sublime (as the predominating emotion),
            from their immense height. Exalted intellect, and
            especially exalted virtue under severe trials, give us
            the sense of moral sublimity, as in the case of our
            Savior in his prayer for his murderers. We do not
            speak of Satan, when standing by the fiery gulf, with
            his "unconquerable will and study of revenge," as a
            sublime object; but there is a melancholy grandeur
            thrown around him, as of an "archangel ruined."
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