Both Uses of
grandeur
in
The Scarlet Letter
- The figure of that first ancestor, invested by family tradition with a dim and dusky grandeur, was present to my boyish imagination as far back as I can remember.†
Chpt Intr. *
- Now she caught the low undertone, as of the wind sinking down to repose itself; then ascended with it, as it rose through progressive gradations of sweetness and power, until its volume seemed to envelop her with an atmosphere of awe and solemn grandeur.†
Chpt 22
Definition:
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(grandeur) impressive magnificence -- usually on a grand (large) scale