GLORY
\ɡlˈɔːɹi], \ɡlˈɔːɹi], \ɡ_l_ˈɔː_ɹ_i]\
Definitions of GLORY
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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Praise, honor, admiration, or distinction, accorded by common consent to a person or thing; high reputation; honorable fame; renown.
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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.
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Pride; boastfulness; arrogance.
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The presence of the Divine Being; the manifestations of the divine nature and favor to the blessed in heaven; celestial honor; heaven.
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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.
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To exult with joy; to rejoice.
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To boast; to be proud.
By Oddity Software
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Praise, honor, admiration, or distinction, accorded by common consent to a person or thing; high reputation; honorable fame; renown.
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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.
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Pride; boastfulness; arrogance.
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The presence of the Divine Being; the manifestations of the divine nature and favor to the blessed in heaven; celestial honor; heaven.
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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.
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To exult with joy; to rejoice.
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To boast; to be proud.
By Noah Webster.
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Splendor; magnificence; brightness; praise ascribed in adoration; distinction; renown; honor; the divine perfection or presence.
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To rejoice or exult; with in.
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Gloried.
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Glorying.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Renown: honor: the occasion of praise: an object of pride: excellency: splendor: brightness: circle of rays surrounding the head of a saint: (B.) the presence of God: the manifestation of God to the blessed in heaven: heaven.
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To boast: to be proud of anything: to exult:-pa.p. gloried.
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To make glorious: to magnify and honor in worship: to glorify. "The troop that gloried Venus on her wedding day."-Greene.
By Daniel Lyons
By James Champlin Fernald
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Brightness; splendour; magnificence; praise ascribed in adoration; honour; renown; the felicity of heaven; heaven; the Divine presence or its manifestation; the Divine perfections or excellence; pride; matter of pride or boasting; a circle of rays surrounding the persons of saints, &c.
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To exult with joy; to boast.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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Splendour; brightness; magnificence; praise ascribed in adoration and honour, as to God; the circle of rays surrounding the head of a saint; honour; praise; fame.
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To exult with joy; to boast; to be proud of.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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n. [Latin] Brightness; splendour; magnificence;—honour; praise; fame; renown;—the divine presence; the manifestation of it; the ark of the covenant;—the divine perfections;—praise and adoration due to God—heavenly state; the happiness of the redeemed;—circle of rays round a head or figure in painting;—cause or ground of excellence or of honourable pride;—boastfulness; arrogance.
