adjective
- Having or deserving or conferring glory.
- usage: "a long and glorious career"; "our glorious literature"
- Characterized by grandeur.
- usage: "the brilliant court life at Versailles"; "a glorious work of art"; "magnificent cathedrals"; "the splendid coronation ceremony"
- synonyms: brilliant, magnificent, splendid
- Having great beauty and splendor.
- usage: "a glorious spring morning"; "a glorious sunset"; "splendid costumes"; "a kind of splendiferous native simplicity"
- synonyms: resplendent, splendid, splendiferous
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