glory
IPA: gɫˈɔri
noun
- Great beauty and splendor.
- Honour, admiration, or distinction, accorded by common consent to a person or thing; high reputation; renown.
- That quality in a person or thing which secures general praise or honour.
- Worship or praise.
- (meteorology, optics) An optical phenomenon, consisting of concentric rings and somewhat similar to a rainbow, caused by sunlight or moonlight interacting with the water droplets that compose mist or clouds, centered on the antisolar or antilunar point.
- Victory; success.
- An emanation of light supposed to shine from beings that are specially holy. It is represented in art by rays of gold, or the like, proceeding from the head or body, or by a disk, or a mere line.
- (theology) The manifestation of the presence of God as perceived by humans in Abrahamic religions.
- (obsolete) Pride; boastfulness; arrogance.
- Something glorious.
- A female given name from English.
verb
- To exult with joy; to rejoice.
- To boast; to be proud.
- (archaic, poetic) To shine radiantly.
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Examples of "glory" in Sentences
- I gaze upon the glory of the God.
- I remember the glory of this city.
- I was in it for the glory and the chicks.
- There was no glory, no elation in his heart.
- This was taken as a portent of future glory.
- It is sown in dishonor, it is raised in glory.
- Glory and splendor gives an idea of the meaning.
- So are the saints as they bask in the glory of God.
- As the saying goes, there is no glory in outstripping donkeys.
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