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Collocations for splendour - noun

ADJECTIVE

full
A butterfly emerged in its full splendour 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 splendour.

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VERB + splendour/splendor

have
The hotel has the splendour of a 19th-century mansion.
lose
match
No other palace could match the splendour of the Taj Mahal.
recapture, regain
It will take a lot of repair work before the building regains its former splendour.
restore sth to
The house has been restored to its original splendour.

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PREPOSITION

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

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PHRASES

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

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