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sublime

noun
 
 
/səˈblaɪm/

Definition

the sublime something that is sublime: A great deal of literature is only the obvious transformed into the sublime.Good and excellent things
(Definition of sublime noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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