Glorious and Royal

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Glorious adjective - Large and impressive in size, grandeur, extent, or conception.

Usage example: the advent of the printing press in the West ushered in a glorious new era of learning

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Royal and glorious are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Royal" instead an adjective "Glorious".

Nearby Words: glory, gloriously, gloria, gloried

Royal adjective - Large and impressive in size, grandeur, extent, or conception.

Usage example: had a royal argument over family finances

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Glorious and royal are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Glorious" instead an adjective "Royal".

Nearby Words: royalty, royalist, royally

So it's a glorious comeuppance at the end when Danielle — now Princess Danielle — and her royal in-laws enact a lavish spectacle to humiliate the pair in front of the court, then banish them to work in the palace laundry.

Source: Laser-Guided Karma
The Middle Ages are usually romanticized as a glorious past with chivalrous knights fighting for the honor of beautiful princesses, proving their worth in tournaments, stuffing themselves at royal buffets with the kind old king, and defending castles against malevolent invaders.

Source: Nostalgia Ain't Like It Used to Be
The grand and glorious Royal Navy of future centuries was barely a gleam in anyones eye.

Source: Useful Notes / Sir Francis Drake

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