glory
/ˈɡlɔːɹi/
Honour, admiration, or distinction, accorded by common consent to a person or thing; high reputation; renown; Great beauty and splendor
- plural
- glories
Meanings
- 1
Honour, admiration, or distinction, accorded by common consent to a person or thing; high reputation; renown
He didn't exactly cover himself in glory.
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Tom restored the garden to its former glory.
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- 2
Great beauty and splendor
- 3
That quality in a person or thing which secures general praise or honour
- 4
Worship or praise
- 5
Victory; success
- 6
Something glorious
- 7
An optical phenomenon, consisting of concentric rings and somewhat similar to a rainbow, caused by sunlight or moonlight interacting with the water droplets that compose mist or clouds, centered on the antisolar or antilunar pointrare
- 8
An emanation of light supposed to shine from beings that are specially holy. 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 linerare
- 9
The manifestation of the presence of God as perceived by humans in Abrahamic religionsrare
- 10
Pride; boastfulness; arrogancerare