glory

glo·ry  (glôr, glr)

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.

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[Middle English glorie, from Old French, from Latin glria.]

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glory

Noun

pl -ries

1. fame, praise, or honour: tales of glory

2. splendour: the glory of the tropical day

3. something worthy of praise: the Lady Chapel is the great glory of Lichfield

4. adoration or worship: the greater glory of God

Verb

[-ries, -rying, -ried]

glory in to take great pleasure in: the workers were glorying in their new-found freedom [Latin gloria]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	glory - a state of high honor; "he valued glory above life itself" glorification honour, laurels, honor - the state of being honored
	2.	glory - brilliant radiant beauty; "the glory of the sunrise" resplendence, resplendency beauty - the qualities that give pleasure to the senses
	3.	glory - an indication of radiant light drawn around the head of a saint gloriole, halo, nimbus, aura, aureole lightness, light - the visual effect of illumination on objects or scenes as created in pictures; "he could paint the lightest light and the darkest dark"
Verb	1.	glory - rejoice proudly exuberate, exult, jubilate, rejoice, triumph - to express great joy; "Who cannot exult in Spring?"

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glory

noun 1. honour, praise, fame, celebrity, distinction, acclaim, prestige, immortality, eminence, kudos, renown, exaltation, illustriousness << OPPOSITE shame

noun 2. splendour, majesty, greatness, grandeur, nobility, pomp, magnificence, pageantry, éclat, sublimity

noun 3. beauty, brilliance, lustre, radiance, gorgeousness, resplendence

noun 4. worship, praise, blessing, gratitude, thanksgiving, homage, adoration, veneration

verb 5. triumph, boast, relish, revel, crow, drool, gloat, exult, take delight, pride yourself

Translations

glory [ˈglɔːrɪ] n → gloria

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glory [ˈglɔːrɪ] n → gloire f; splendeur f

vi to glory in → se glorifier de

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glory [ˈglɔːrɪ] n → Ruhm m;

(splendour) → Herrlichkeit f

vi to glory in → sich sonnen in +dat

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glory [ˈglɔːrɪ] n → gloria; splendore m

vi to glory in → gloriarsi di or in