The French word grandeur is often associated with the possibility of measurability, so that even very small things can have a size; grandeur takes on an entirely different meaning when it is understood in a moral sense. According to the Larousse dictionary (edition of 1989), grandeur is then a quality that distinguishes a person, such as his influence, his rank, his value, and his importance. Whoever possesses it, therefore, sets himself apart from his peers, but only in the dimension of the moral.