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What does 'earthly spendor' mean?



 
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What does 'earthly spendor' mean? #1 (permalink) Sat Apr 12, 2008 17:29 pm   What does 'earthly spendor' mean?
 

Hi,
Can you tell me what does 'earthly spendor' mean?
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What does 'earthly spendor' mean? #2 (permalink) Sat Apr 12, 2008 21:03 pm   What does 'earthly spendor' mean?
 

Hi Rebecca

It is always helpful if you post phrases in context.

Without any context, your phrase apparently refers to beautiful, heavenly things that can be found on earth (i.e not in heaven).
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What does 'earthly spendor' mean? #3 (permalink) Sat Apr 12, 2008 21:08 pm   What does 'earthly spendor' mean?
 

Hi rebecca,

Did you mean 'splendour'?

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What does 'earthly spendor' mean? #4 (permalink) Sat Apr 12, 2008 21:12 pm   What does 'earthly spendor' mean?
 

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That would be the British spelling, SkiIuck:
splendor vs splendour
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What does 'earthly spendor' mean? #5 (permalink) Sun Apr 13, 2008 10:47 am   What does 'earthly spendor' mean?
 

Hi Rebecca,

Do you mean 'earthly spendor' or 'earthly splendor'? By the way, your question should read like this:

Can you tell me what 'earthly spendor' means?
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What does 'earthly spendor' mean? #6 (permalink) Sun Apr 13, 2008 15:02 pm   What does 'earthly spendor' mean?
 

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I assumed that Rebecca meant to type 'splendor' since the word 'spendor' doesn't exist. Without any context, the likely collocation seems to be 'earthly splendor'.
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What does 'earthly spendor' mean? #7 (permalink) Sun Apr 13, 2008 15:29 pm   What does 'earthly spendor' mean?
 

Sorry!
I mean 'splendor' Embarassed
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