gloiren.

1854 E. Twisleton Let. 28 Nov. (1928) xiii. 252 If la gloire forsakes the French eagles, they will say..that he [sc. Louis Napoleon] has driven away all their best generals.

1861 I. M. Beeton Bk. Househ. Managem. xiii. 302 M. Curmer..tells us..that French beef is far superior to that of England. This is mere vaunting on the part of our neighbours, who seem to want la gloire in everything.

1867 ‘Ouida’ Under Two Flags II. i. 11 She had..but two deities, ‘la Gloire’ and ‘la France’.

1963 Times 7 Feb. 9/1 After the debacle with the High Military Tribunal, the present spectacle, both in and out of the court-room, hardly adds to the gloire of French justice.

1965 A. Horne Fall of Paris ii. 31 Had Louis-Napoleon succeeded in his pursuit of ‘la gloire’, the dynasty might have been assured a much longer life in France.

1969 Listener 16 Oct. 518/2 They [sc. the French] care only..for a slightly fake sense of their own importance, as Frenchmen, for that umbrella concept, la gloire.