Elevation of place; lofty highth.

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.

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.