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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Radiance

/(rā"dĭ*ans)/ · Ra·di·ance · IPA /ˈɹeɪdi.əns/
01 n. The quality of being radiant; brilliancy; effulgence; vivid brightness; as, the radiance of the sun.
  1. 1.
    The quality of being radiant; brilliancy; effulgence; vivid brightness; as, the radiance of the sun.
    “Girt with omnipotence, with radiance crowned.” Milton.
    “What radiancy of glory, What light beyond compare !” — Neale.