the state or quality of being sublime, majestic, noble, etc.
2. Word forms: pluralsubˈlimities
something sublime
Word origin
L sublimitas
sublimity in American English
(səˈblɪmɪti)
nounWord forms: plural(for 2)-ties
1.
the state or quality of being sublime
2.
a sublime person or thing
Word origin
[1520–30; ‹ L sublīmitās height, equiv. to sublīm(is) sublime + -itās-ity]This word is first recorded in the period 1520–30. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: bias, junior, monkey, ribbon, stagger-ity is a suffix used to form abstract nouns expressing state or condition. Other wordsthat use the affix -ity include: Latinity, civility, jollity
Examples of 'sublimity' in a sentence
sublimity
All the sublimity of the polar experience she needed was already inside her freezer.
Globe and Mail (2003)
Can you rank sublimity, as if it were pop records?
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
This painting is the epitome of whirling sublimity.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Sublimity, last year's hero, could only finish fourth.
The Sun (2008)
The concerto took on a rare intensity in consequence, as though kicked into sublimity.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Hard to set aside the sublimity suggested by even a grubby style of dove.
The Times Literary Supplement (2012)
Just screams and sublimity, courage and despair in every note.
Times, Sunday Times (2018)
Enough for a programme indeed, this peak of sublimity is enough for a lifetime.