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Meaning: (literal)In full splendour and power (e.g. of a deity or monarch).1872, William Chambers, Robert Chambers,Chamber's Journal of Popular Literature, Science and Arts, page163:But, little by little, the blackness wanes into gray, the gray warms into crimson; long streaks of light shoot across the brightening sky, while the morning mists roll off like the smoke of a battle; till at last up rises the sunin all his glory, revealing the bare undulating moor with its thin herbge, the bold rocky ridge that bounds it to the right, the great dome of the Mount of Temptation in the background, and far away to the front, the long narrow line of grayish-white that marks the shore of the still hidden Dead Sea.1874,Picturesque Illustrations of the Bible, page61:"We are told,” says Professor Balfour, “that Solomonin all his glorywas not arrayed like one of these lilies.1952, Nagendranath Gupta,Why India Lives, page86:The North American Indian brave on the war path was as vain of his war paint and aureole of feathers as Beau Brummellin all his glorywas vain of his clothes and his wig.1961, Pauline Arnold, Percival White,Clothes and Cloth: America's Apparel Business, page25:True, the cowboy still remained, dressedin all his glorywhen he came off the range or hit town at the end of the long trail.; (informal,idiomatic,euphemistic)Completelynaked.She quickly dressed for fear that someone would walk through the shower door and see herin all her glory.1990,Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations for 1991, page387:The Olympic athlete wore no clothes, and those of us who have gone to the Eisenhower Theater remember that out in front on the mezzanine floor is the statue of the Greek god that was rescued from the depths of the ocean, and he's out therein all his gloryin the nude.2010, Dermot Meagher,Judge Sentences: Tales from the Bench, page110:She noticed R.D. passing by a few times, wearing less clothing each time until he was down to the sweats. She hadn't worried until his shirt came off. Then he slipped behind a pillar and came outin all his glory, ready to leap into the Bosporus, I assume.2011, Lisa Beth Darling,Child of War-A God Is Born, page157:Alena asked, wanting him to strip naked and see him standingin all his gloryunder the hot afternoon sun, but thinking of Raven and modesty's sake perhaps it was best if Ares should find some type of bathing trunks.2012, Jackie Collins,Hollywood Divorces:'You said it,' she repeated, stepping out of her dress and standing before himin all her glory–naked except for a thin diamond chain around her waist, a rhinestone encrusted thong and Jimmy Choo stilettos.2015, Don Jordan, Michael Walsh,The King's Bed: Sex, Power and the Court of Charles II:In his bedchamber, he kept the portrait of the naked Nell hidden behind a secret panel on which was painted a staid Dutch landscape. By sliding back the panel, Charles could reveal Nellin all her glory.
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