SUBLIMITY
\sʌblˈɪmɪti], \sʌblˈɪmɪti], \s_ʌ_b_l_ˈɪ_m_ɪ_t_i]\
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By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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n. State of being sublime ; grandeur ; vastness ; - magnificence ; - elevation of place; lofty height;-noblenees of nature or character; eminence ;-an elevated feeling of astonishment and awe at the contemplation of great scenes and objects, or of exalted excellence ;-loftiness of sentiment or style.
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basidiomycota
- comprises fungi bearing the spores on basidium: Gasteromycetes (puffballs); Tiliomycetes (comprising orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts)); Hymenomycetes (mushrooms; toadstools; agarics; bracket fungi); in some classification systems considered a division of kingdom comprises fungi bearing spores on a basidium; includes Gasteromycetes (puffballs) Tiliomycetes comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts) Hymenomycetes (mushrooms, toadstools, agarics bracket fungi).