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Glorying

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glo⋅ry

  [glawr-ee, glohr-ee] noun, plural -ries, adjective, verb, -ried, -ry⋅ing, interjection
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–noun
1. very great praise, honor, or distinction bestowed by common consent; renown: to win glory on the field of battle.
2. something that is a source of honor, fame, or admiration; a distinguished ornament or an object of pride: a sonnet that is one of the glories of English poetry.
3. adoring praise or worshipful thanksgiving: Give glory to God.
4. resplendent beauty or magnificence: the glory of autumn.
5. a state of great splendor, magnificence, or prosperity.
6. a state of absolute happiness, gratification, contentment, etc.: She was in her glory when her horse won the Derby.
7. the splendor and bliss of heaven; heaven.
8. a ring, circle, or surrounding radiance of light represented about the head or the whole figure of a sacred person, as Christ or a saint; a halo, nimbus, or aureole.
9. anticorona.
–verb (used without object)
10. to exult with triumph; rejoice proudly (usually fol. by in): Their father gloried in their success.
11. Obsolete. to boast.
–interjection
12. Also, glory be. Glory be to God (used to express surprise, elation, wonder, etc.).
—Idioms
13. glory days or years, the time of greatest achievement, popularity, success, or the like: the glory days of radio.
14. go to glory, to die. Also, go to one's glory.
Origin:
1300–50; ME < OF glorie < L glōria

Related forms:
glo⋅ry⋅ing⋅ly, adverb

Synonyms:
1. fame, eminence, celebrity. 4. brilliance, refulgence, effulgence.

Antonyms:
1. disgrace, obloquy.
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glo·ry   (glôr'ē, glōr'ē)   
n.   pl. glo·ries

  1. Great honor, praise, or distinction accorded by common consent; renown.

  2. Something conferring honor or renown.

  3. A highly praiseworthy asset: Your wit is your crowning glory.

  4. Adoration, praise, and thanksgiving offered in worship.

  5. Majestic beauty and splendor; resplendence: The sun set in a blaze of glory.

  6. The splendor and bliss of heaven; perfect happiness.

  7. A height of achievement, enjoyment, or prosperity: ancient Rome in its greatest glory.

  8. A halo, nimbus, or aureole. Also called gloriole.

intr.v.   glo·ried, glo·ry·ing, glo·ries
To rejoice triumphantly; exult: a sports team that gloried in its hard-won victory.

[Middle English glorie, from Old French, from Latin glōria.]
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Word Origin & History

glory 
c.1300, "magnificence," from O.Fr. glorie, from L. gloria "great praise or honor," of uncertain origin. Gk. doxa "expectation" (Homer), later "opinion, fame," and ultimately "glory," was used in Biblical writing to translate a Heb. word which had a sense of "brightness, splendor, magnificence, majesty," and this was subsequently translated as L. gloria, which has colored that word's meaning in most European tongues. Glory days was in use by 1980s; glorious is c.1300, from O.Fr. glorieus, from L. gloriosus "full of glory," from gloria. In 14c.-17c. it also could mean "boastful, vainglorious." Glorified in the sense of "transformed into something better" is recorded from 1821.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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