in splendor

English
Left: a sun in splendor. Right: a sun (not in splendor), showing the difference.

Phrase

in splendor

  1. (heraldry, of a sun) Depicted with a human face.
    Synonym: in glory
    • 1880, George Henry Preble, History of the Flag of the United States of America, Boston: A. Williams and Company, pages 136–137:
      Richard II. — The cross of St. George, argent and vert; a hart lodged argent, attired, unguled, ducally gorged and chained or, between four suns in splendor,— Dieu et Mon. Two suns in splendor,— Droyt. Four suns in splendor.[sic]

Usage notes
  • Also found with pronouns (a sun in his splendor or a sun in its splendor; plural suns in their splendor).
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