Both Uses of
grandeur
in
The Da Vinci Code
- After the war, it was restored to its original, stark grandeur.†
Chpt 83-84 *
- Their tombs, packed into every last niche and alcove, range in grandeur from the most regal of mausoleums—that of Queen Elizabeth I, whose canopied sarcophagus inhabits its own private, apsidal chapel—down to the most modest etched floor tiles whose inscriptions have worn away with centuries of foot traffic, leaving it to one's imagination whose relics might lie below the tile in the undercroft.†
Chpt 97-98
Definition:
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(grandeur) impressive magnificence -- usually on a grand (large) scale