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Meaning of 'glory' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Glory [ n.]
- Praise, honor, admiration, or distinction, accorded by common consent to a person or thing; high reputation; honorable fame; renown.
- That quality in a person or thing which secures general praise or honor; that which brings or gives renown; an object of pride or boast; the occasion of praise; excellency; brilliancy; splendor.
- Pride; boastfulness; arrogance.
- The presence of the Divine Being; the manifestations of the divine nature and favor to the blessed in heaven; celestial honor; heaven.
- An emanation of light supposed to proceed from beings of peculiar sanctity. 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.
- To exult with joy; to rejoice.
- To boast; to be proud.

Meaning of 'glory' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . glory [ n]
Meaning (1):
- a state of high honor
Example in sentence:
  • he valued glory above life itself
Meaning (2):
- brilliant radiant beauty
Example in sentence:
  • the glory of the sunrise

Nearby Words:

gloam gloaming gloar gloat gloated gloating globard globate globated globe

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