Word Frequency
glory (ˈɡlɔːrɪ
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Definitions
noun
(plural) -ries- 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)
- thanksgiving, adoration, or worship ⇒
glory be to God
- pomp; splendour ⇒
the glory of the king's reign
- radiant beauty; resplendence ⇒
the glory of the sunset
- the beauty and bliss of heaven
- a state of extreme happiness or prosperity
- another word for halo, nimbus
verb
-ries, -rying, -ried- intr often foll by in to triumph or exult
- intr (obsolete) to brag
exclamation
- (informal) a mild interjection to express pleasure or surprise (often in the exclamatory phrase glory be!)
Word Origin
C13: from Old French glorie, from Latin glōria, of obscure originSynonyms
View thesaurus entryQuotations including 'gloried'
"We are all motivated by a keen desire for praise, and the better a man is, the more he is inspired by glory. The very philosophers themselves, even in those books which they write on contempt of glory, inscribe their names"
"The paths of glory lead but to the grave"
"Not in utter nakedness,But trailing clouds of glory do we come"
"To the greater glory of God (ad majorem Dei gloriam)"
Motto of the Society of Jesus"Thus passes the glory of the world (sic transit gloria mundi)"
Anon.
Example Sentences Including 'gloried'
"The same might be said of Connolly, who reportedly craved mobster admiration even as he gloried in his role as Boston's Mafia slayer.Irish Times (2002)
Ford and Stella gloried in it until the long winter nights and the seemingly endless wet finally got to them.Ford Madox Ford
Here the Parthians had once gloried and drunk deep in the pantheistic heart of their empire.Somewhere East of Life
I gloried in my reclaimed Miss-hood For the past month, I've been living in lovely Victoria, B. C, home of many retirees.Globe and Mail (2003)
NOT so long ago, to the puzzlement of foreigners, Britons gloried in rising house prices.Times, Sunday Times (2002)
She gloried in her eccentricity, claimed it as commitment, and gave a cause a bad name.A Trout in the Milk
The pair referred to September 11" as Holy Tuesday" and gloried in the atrocities that left more than 2,800 dead.Sun, News of the World (2002)
We have a report his forces have partially destroyed the Livadia Palace, where once the Romanovs gloried and drank deep.Somewhere East of Life
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