glory
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i, ˈgloʊr| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
1300–50; Middle English < Old French glorie < Latin glōria
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1. fame, eminence, celebrity. 4. brilliance, refulgence, effulgence.
1. disgrace, obloquy.
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glory (ˈɡlɔːrɪ) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n , pl -ries | |
| 1. | exaltation, praise, or honour, as that accorded by general consent: the glory for the exploit went to the captain |
| 2. | something that brings or is worthy of praise (esp in the phrase crowning glory) |
| 3. | thanksgiving, adoration, or worship: glory be to God |
| 4. | pomp; splendour: the glory of the king's reign |
| 5. | radiant beauty; resplendence: the glory of the sunset |
| 6. | the beauty and bliss of heaven |
| 7. | a state of extreme happiness or prosperity |
| 8. | halo another word for nimbus |
| —vb (often foll by in) , -ries, -ries, -rying, -ried | |
| 9. | to triumph or exult |
| 10. | obsolete (intr) to brag |
| —interj | |
| 11. | informal a mild interjection to express pleasure or surprise (often in the exclamatory phrase glory be!) |
| [C13: from Old French glorie, from Latin glōria, of obscure origin] | |
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glory
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Glory definition
(Heb. kabhod; Gr. doxa). (1.) Abundance, wealth, treasure, and hence honour (Ps. 49:12); glory (Gen. 31:1; Matt. 4:8; Rev. 21:24, 26). (2.) Honour, dignity (1 Kings 3:13; Heb. 2:7 1 Pet. 1:24); of God (Ps. 19:1; 29:1); of the mind or heart (Gen. 49:6; Ps. 7:5; Acts 2:46). (3.) Splendour, brightness, majesty (Gen. 45:13; Isa. 4:5; Acts 22:11; 2 Cor. 3:7); of Jehovah (Isa. 59:19; 60:1; 2 Thess. 1:9). (4.) The glorious moral attributes, the infinite perfections of God (Isa. 40:5; Acts 7:2; Rom. 1:23; 9:23; Eph. 1:12). Jesus is the "brightness of the Father's glory" (Heb. 1:3; John 1:14; 2:11). (5.) The bliss of heaven (Rom. 2:7, 10; 5:2; 8:18; Heb. 2:10; 1 Pet. 5:1, 10). (6.) The phrase "Give glory to God" (Josh. 7:19; Jer. 13:16) is a Hebrew idiom meaning, "Confess your sins." The words of the Jews to the blind man, "Give God the praise" (John 9:24), are an adjuration to confess. They are equivalent to, "Confess that you are an impostor," "Give God the glory by speaking the truth;" for they denied that a miracle had been wrought.
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glory
the apparently enormously magnified shadow of an observer cast, when the Sun is low, upon the upper surfaces of clouds that are below the mountain upon which he stands. The apparent magnification of size of the shadow is an optical illusion that occurs when the observer judges his shadow on relatively nearby clouds to be at the same distance as faraway land objects seen through gaps in the clouds. The phenomenon is often observed on mountain peaks but is recorded in literature with special reference to the Brocken, a peak in the Harz Mountains in Germany where the Brocken bow sometimes produces spectacular effects. The observer's shadow is often surrounded by coloured bands or rings that are the result of the diffraction of sunlight by water droplets in the cloud. The phenomenon of rainbowlike bands around a shadow on a cloud is also commonly observed from airplanes flying in sunlight above a cloud layer
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