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Collocations for splendour - noun

ADJ.

full
A butterfly emerged in its full splendour a week later.
glorious, great, regal | former, original | faded, fading | scenic

VERB + SPLENDOUR

have
The hotel has the splendour of a nineteenth-century mansion.
lose | recapture, regain
It will take a lot of repair work before the theatre regains its former splendour.
restore sth to
The house has been restored to its original splendour.

PREP.

in ~
They dined in a special suite in glorious splendour.
in sb''s/sth''s ~
There below lay Paris in all its splendour.
of ~
a castle of great splendour
~s of
I''ve only just discovered the splendours of the English countryside.

PHRASES

in solitary splendour
The castle rises in solitary splendour on the fringe of the desert.

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