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1 a: praise, honor, or distinction extended by common consent : renown b: worshipful praise, honor, and thanksgiving <giving glory to God>2 a: something that secures praise or renown <the glory of a brilliant career> b: a distinguished quality or asset3 a
(1): great beauty and splendor : magnificence <the glory that was Greece and the grandeur that was Rome
— E. A. Poe>
(2): something marked by beauty or resplendence <a perfect glory of a day> b: the splendor and beatific happiness of heaven
; broadly : eternity4 a: a state of great gratification or exaltation <when she's acting she's in her glory> b: a height of prosperity or achievement5: a ring or spot of light: as a: aureole b: a halo appearing around the shadow of an object
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