Thee Father firſt they ſung Omnipotent, / […] when thou ſhad'ſt / The full blaze of thy beams, and through a cloud / Drawn round about thee like a radiant Shrine, / Dark with exceſſive bright thy ſkirts appeer, / Yet dazle Heav'n, […]

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Sense（2）

(figuratively) Glory, splendour.

Sense（3）

(chiefly in the plural) Something (especially a product intended for sale) that has vivid colours or a lustrous appearance.

Sense（4）

A person with a naturalistic worldview with no mystical or supernatural elements.

Brights constitute 60% of American scientists, and a stunning 93% of those scientists good enough to be elected to the elite National Academy of Sciences (equivalent to Fellows of the Royal Society) are brights.

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