glory
very great praise, honor, or distinction bestowed by common consent; renown: to win glory on the field of battle.
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.
adoring praise or worshipful thanksgiving: Give glory to God.
resplendent beauty or magnificence: the glory of autumn.
a state of great splendor, magnificence, or prosperity.
a state of absolute happiness, gratification, contentment, etc.: She was in her glory when her horse won the Derby.
the splendor and bliss of heaven; heaven.
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.
to exult with triumph; rejoice proudly (usually followed by in): Their father gloried in their success.
Obsolete. to boast.
Also glory be . Glory be to God (used to express surprise, elation, wonder, etc.).
Idioms about glory
glory days / years, the time of greatest achievement, popularity, success, or the like: the glory days of radio.
go to glory, to die.: Also go to one's glory.
Origin of glory
1Other words for glory
Opposites for glory
Other words from glory
- glo·ry·ing·ly, adverb
- self-glo·ry, noun
- self-glo·ry·ing, adjective
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How to use glory in a sentence
And what does it mean to fans who loved that team and writers who gloried in it?
Almost immediately, the stations and other media outlets that had gloried in the trick went all Edward R. Murrow.
Death of Kate Middleton Nurse Shows How Humiliation Can Lead to Suicide | Kent Sepkowitz | December 10, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTThere was a senior clerk of some standing and position, a married man of thirty-five or forty years of age, who gloried in it.
Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland | Joseph TatlowPhilosophy kept pace with geometry, and those who observed Nature also gloried in abstruse calculations.
Beacon Lights of History, Volume I | John LordBlack eyes, and even broken limbs, would have been things to have gloried in in so noble a cause.
Digby Heathcote | W.H.G. Kingston
I had expected to find the great lady hostile to the new-comer, but she accepted him, she gloried in him.
The New Machiavelli | Herbert George WellsNone the less, she gloried in the splendid courage of the man.
The Highgrader | William MacLeod Raine
British Dictionary definitions for glory
/ (ˈɡlɔːrɪ) /
exaltation, praise, or honour, as that accorded by general consent: the glory for the exploit went to the captain
something that brings or is worthy of praise (esp in the phrase crowning glory)
(intr often foll by in) to triumph or exult
(intr) obsolete to brag
informal a mild interjection to express pleasure or surprise (often in the exclamatory phrase glory be!)
Origin of glory
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Other Idioms and Phrases with glory
see in one's glory.
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