glory
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< Middle English glory < Old French glorie < Latin gloria (“‘glory", "fame", "renown", "praise"; "ambition", "boasting’”) (Cognate with Ancient Greek κλέος (kleos), “‘rumor", "report’”))
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glory (plural glories)
- Great beauty or splendor, that is so overwhelming it is considered powerful.
- Honour and valor.
- Worship or praise, as in glory to God.
- Optical phenomenon caused by water droplets.
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terms related to glory (noun)
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great beauty or splendour
honour and valour
worship or praise
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to glory (third-person singular simple present glories, present participle glorying, simple past and past participle gloried)
- To exult with joy; to rejoice.
- 1891: Thomas Hardy, Tess of the d'Urbervilles
- He says he glories in what happened, and that good may be done indirectly; but I wish he would not so wear himself out now he is getting old, and would leave such pigs to their wallowing.
- 1891: Thomas Hardy, Tess of the d'Urbervilles
- To boast; to be proud.
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to exult with joy; to rejoice
to boast; to be proud
