SUBLIM'ITY, noun [Latin sublimitas.]

1. Elevation of place; lofty highth.

2. Highth in excellence; loftiness of nature or character;

moral grandeur; as God's incomprehensible sublimity

The sublimity of the character of Christ owes nothing to his historians.

3. In oratory and composition, lofty conceptions, or such conceptions expressed in corresponding language; loftiness of sentiment or style.

Milton's distinguishing excellence lies in the sublimity of his thoughts.