crowning glory

English

Noun

crowning glory (plural crowning glories)

1. The best and most notable aspect of something; the greatest achievement; the most beautiful thing.

   Her hair is her crowning glory.

   • 2024 January 24, Stefanie Foster, “Metro-land's legacy for today's railway”, in RAIL, number 1001, pages 58-59:

     The crowning glory of the property developments was then built in 1927-29 as a luxury block of flats above Baker Street […] . Chiltern Court became the home of authors H G Wells and Arnold Bennett.

References

• “crowning glory”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.
• “crowning glory”, in Collins English Dictionary.