gloryn.
/ˈɡlɔːri/, U.S. /ˈɡlɔri/ a. The disposition to claim honour for oneself; boastful spirit. Obsolete except in the combination vainglory n.
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the mind > emotion > pride > vainglory > [noun]
vainglorya1300
gloryc1340
vaingloriousness1542
self-glory1549
self-flattery1574
self-praise1586
self-exaltation1615
self-applause1625
self-exalting1634
self-glorying1646
self-attribution1649
self-gloriation1654
self-congratulation1655
self-gratulation1697
self-glorification?1800
vaingloriness1820
c1340 R. Rolle Pricke of Conscience 1145 Honours nuryshes, als men may se, Vayn glory, vauntyng, and vanite.
c1390 (a1376) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Vernon) (1867) A. xi. 70 Suche Motyues þei meuen is Maistres in heor glorie.
1393 W. Langland Piers Plowman C. vii. 35 Bostynge and Braggynge wyth meny bold oþes, Auauntyng vp-on my veine glorie for eny vndernymynge.
c1450 tr. Thomas à Kempis De Imitatione Christi iii. xlv. 116 Verily, veyn glory is an euel pestilence & grettist vanyte.
1484 W. Caxton tr. Subtyl Historyes & Fables Esope vi He that taketh within hym self vayne glorye of that thynge by the whiche he shold humble hym self is a very fole.
a1640 P. Massinger Parl. of Love (1976) v. i. 431 A little glorie in a souldiers mouth Is not vncomly.
1650 T. Hobbes Humane Nature ix. §1. 91 Glory, or internal gloriation or triumph of the Minde.
1656 J. Evelyn Mem. (1857) III. 73 My animadversions..will I hope..totally acquit me either of glory or impiety.
1753 T. Smollett Ferdinand Count Fathom I. xxiii. 151 The disappointment of the ladies, my glory will not permit me to overlook.
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1594 C. Marlowe & T. Nashe Dido v. i All glory hath forsaken thee.
2. objectively.
a. Exalted (and, in modern use, merited) praise, honour, or admiration accorded by common consent to a person or thing; honourable fame, renown.
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the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > fame or renown > [noun] > honour or glory
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tira1000
honoura1200
blissc1200
price?c1225
pridec1275
gloryc1385
insignityc1616
c1385 G. Chaucer Legend Good Women Phyllis. 2531 It oughte be to yow but lyte glorye.
c1460 J. Fortescue Governance of Eng. (1885) v. 119 What dishonour is this, and abatynge of the glorie of a kynge.
1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid v. iv. 58 Ȝe vailȝeand feris of worthy Hector..think on ȝour glor.
1532 (c1385) Usk's Test. Loue in Wks. G. Chaucer ii. f. cccxliiiv O glorie, glorie, thou arte none other thynge to thousandes of folke, but a great sweller of eeres.
c1600 Hist. & Life James VI (1825) 97 What glore and renowne he obtenit of thir twa victoreis, was all cassin doun be the infamie of his nixt attempt.
1618 W. Lithgow Pilgrimes Farewell sig. E The Noblest striue for State, ambitious Glore.
1664 B. Gerbier Counsel to Builders (new ed.) i. sig. f5 Letters which the Ægyptians did attribute unto them, though the Assyrians would have the glory thereof.
1730 J. Thomson Autumn in Seasons 184 Let such as deem it glory to destroy, Rush into blood.
1752 D. Hume Ess. & Treat. (1777) II. 5 The glory of Malebranche is confined to his own nation and his own age.
1821 J. S. Adams in C. Davies Metr. Syst. (1871) iii. 295 The glory of the first attempt belongs to France.
1823 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto VIII xiv. 118 Yet I love Glory;—glory's a great thing.
b. the glory of God: the honour of God, considered as the final cause of creation, and as the highest moral aim of intelligent creatures.
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c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) 1 Cor. x. 31 Do ȝe alle thingis in to glorie of God.
1558 in J. Stuart Extracts Council Reg. Aberdeen (1844) I. 313 In the meinteining and uphalding of Goddis seruice in our saide p[a]roche kirk, to the honor and gloir of God.
c1680 W. Beveridge Serm. (1729) I. 408 No man can do any thing for God's glory but what will tend also to his own.
1715 D. Defoe Family Instructor I. i. i. 10 You are to live here to the Glory of him that made you.
3. Something that brings honour and renown; a subject for boasting; a distinguished ornament; a special distinction; a ‘boast and pride’. Also plural.
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the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > good repute > [noun] > a source of credit or honour (to)
worshipeOE
honourc1325
glorya1382
diadem1526
credit1586
plume1605
honestation1629
reputation1653
a feather in the cap, hat1699
a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Prov. xvii. 6 The glorie of sones the fadris of hem.
1597 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie v. xlii. 86 The glorie of all things is that wherein their highest perfection doth consist.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Julius Caesar (1623) iii. i. 150 Are all thy Conquests, Glories, Triumphes, Spoiles, Shrunke to this little Measure? View more context for this quotation
a1680 S. Butler Genuine Remains (1759) II. 1 A Learn'd Society of late, The Glory of a foreign State, Agreed [etc.].
1715 D. Defoe Family Instructor I. i. iii. 71 That which was the Glory of a Christian, viz. To worship and call upon him that made him.
1776 E. Burke Corr. (1844) II. 107 It is the glory of the tories that they always flourish in the decay..of the glory of their country.
1790 E. Burke Refl. Revol. in France 61 Leading advocates, the glory of the bar. View more context for this quotation
1792 J. Almon Anecd. Life W. Pitt (octavo ed.) IV. App. 263 The glories of Mr. Pitt's administration are the successes of the war.
1836 J. Gilbert Christian Atonem. viii. 339 It is the glory of the christian sacrifice that it was made by God as well as to him.
1870 F. R. Wilson Archit. Surv. Churches Lindisfarne 33 The chief glory of the district..is the grand old castle.
1874 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People vii. §7. 413 Literature had hardly found a place in the glories of the time.
4. † b. Obsolete.Apparently an isolated use.
a. Praise, honour, and thanksgiving offered in adoration.
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society > faith > worship > [noun]
worthingeOE
bigengOE
worshipOE
knowledgingc1225
praising?c1225
holinessc1275
servicec1275
servingc1275
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anourc1330
worshippinga1333
devotion1340
blessing1382
the calves of our lipsc1384
gloryc1384
magnifyingc1384
worshipfulnessc1390
adoringc1405
divine service1415
adorationc1443
reverencingc1443
praise1447
culture1483
common servicea1500
venerationa1530
thanksgiving1533
cult1613
cultus1617
doxology1649
glorifying1748
feasting1840
c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Luke ii. 14 Glorie be in the hiȝeste thingis to God.
1530 Myroure Oure Ladye (Fawkes) (1873) ii. 82 When ye bydde glory to the father & to the sonne, and to the holy goste; ye aske..that the blyssed trynyte shulde alwayes be praysed.
c1560 A. Scott Poems (S.T.S.) xxxv. 29 To Fader gloir be evirmoir, To Sone and Haly Spreit.
1603 Philotus clx. sig. F3 Giue gloir to God that in this thrang, Hes bene all our relief.
1817 S. T. Coleridge Destiny of Nations in Sibylline Leaves 302 Glory to Thee, Father of Earth and Heaven!
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1628 O. Felltham Resolves: 2nd Cent. xiii. sig. K3 How vnmovedly did hee take his poyson? as if he had beene drinking of a Glory to the Deity. [Similarly 1718 Entertainer xxi. ⁋3. 139.]
c. Used as a devout ejaculation (short for Glory be to God) in the worship of various religious sects. Hence colloquial as a mere exclamation expressive of delight. Also in form glory be!
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the mind > emotion > pleasure > joy, gladness, or delight > exclamation of joy or delight [interjection]
cock-a-hoop1568
woo-hoo1697
joy1719
glory1816
whizzo1905
whee1920
hot diggety1924
ziggety1924
whacko1941
yeehaw1941
zip-a-dee-doo-dah1945
cowabunga1954
yay1963
yahoo1976
wahey1979
society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > rapture > [interjection]
glory be!1893
1816 Sporting Mag. 48 29 One of the poachers said ‘glory!’ and a line was formed in the wood.
1853 F. Hall in Ledlie's Miscell. II. 174 To get religion, as he words it, periodically, costs him nothing more than a few spasmodic amens and epigastric glorys.
1893 ‘Q’ Delectable Duchy 109 Was it only you?.. O, glory be!
1954 A. Koestler Invisible Writing xxxvi. 392 For, glory be, man is a stubborn creature.
1968 B. Turner Sex Trap xiii. 120 ‘Your hours are numbered.’ Grange's eyes sparkled... ‘Glory be!’
5. In Biblical phraseology: the glory of God: the majesty and splendour attendant upon a manifestation of God.
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the world > the supernatural > deity > Christian God > nature or attributes of God > [noun] > glory or greatness
majestyc1300
mickleheadc1300
cleretea1340
greatnessc1350
clarityc1380
the glory of Godc1384
mostheada1400
majestatea1450
c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Rom. i. 23 Thei chaungiden the glorie of God vncorruptible..in to the lyknesse of an ymage of coruptible man.
1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection i. sig. Bi Moyses..made supplicacion to god..that he wolde shewe hym his glory.
1611 Bible (King James) Ezek. ix. 3 The glory of the God of Israel was gone vp from the Cherub whereupon hee was. View more context for this quotation
1690 W. Temple Ess. Anc. & Mod. Learning in Wks. (1731) I. 299 Moses was..admitted both to see his Glory, and to learn his name, Jehovah.
6. Resplendent beauty or magnificence. Now often with suggestion of sense 5 or 7a: An effulgence of light such as is associated with conceptions of heaven; figurative an unearthly beauty attributed by imagination. Also plural, features of resplendent beauty or magnificence, splendours.
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the world > the supernatural > deity > heaven > [noun] > heavenly places or things
glory1390
heavenlies1616
1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis III. 166 To themperour in all his gloire He said: Take [etc.].
c1400 (?c1380) Pearl l. 933 Loke on þe glory of þys gracious gote.
1509 J. Fisher Mornynge Remembraunce Countesse of Rychemonde (de Worde) sig. Biv v The kynge..was crowned in..grete tryumphe & glorye.
1585 M. W. in King James I Ess. Poesie (Arb.) 10 O Phœbus then reioyce with glauncing glore.
1602 T. A. Massacre of Money sig. Bij Whilst that my glory midst the clouds was hid.
a1693 J. Aubrey Brief Lives: Barrow (1898) I. 91 As he lay expiring..the standers-by could heare him say softly, I have seen The glories of the world.
1726 C. D'Anvers Craftsman (1727) xvi. 134 The Roll appeared encompassed with rays of glory.
1738 J. Wesley Coll. Psalms & Hymns (new ed.) v. ii None without Holiness shall see The Glories of thy Face.
1791 A. Radcliffe Romance of Forest I. ii. 54 Which, quickly expanding, the sun appeared in all his glory.
1807 W. Wordsworth Ode in Poems II. 148 There hath pass'd away a glory from the earth. View more context for this quotation
1826 B. Disraeli Vivian Grey I. ii. iv. 114 The scarlet glories of the papyrus japonica.
1836 R. W. Emerson Beauty in Nature iii. 23 The heavens..reflect their glory or gloom on the plains beneath.
1878 R. Browning La Saisiaz 10 What will be the morning glory, when at dusk thus gleams the lake?
7.
a. The splendour and bliss of heaven. (Cf. French la gloire éternelle.)
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the world > the supernatural > deity > heaven > [noun] > splendour or glory of
gloryc1480
the mind > emotion > pride > ostentation > splendour, magnificence, or pomp > [noun]
prideOE
nobleyec1300
farec1330
pompc1330
statec1330
rialtya1375
estatec1385
lordliness1440
pompousness1447
noblenessc1450
worthinessc1450
pomperyc1460
affairc1480
gloryc1480
majesty1481
triumpha1513
shine?1529
royalness?1548
sumptuosity1550
triumphing1569
magnificie1570
presence1570
gite1589
equipage1612
majesticalness1613
ceremonya1616
splendour1616
stateliness1637
majesticnessa1643
scheme1647
pageantry1651
grandeur1652
splendidnessa1657
magnanimity1658
magnificency1668
fluster1676
energy1764
pompa1783
panoply1790
pageanting1873
c1480 (a1400) St. Placidus 264 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) II. 77 Quhare euir-lestand glore sal be, & eschewine of al payne.
c1515 Ld. Berners tr. Bk. Duke Huon of Burdeux (1882–7) lvi. 190 It semed to them that they were in the glory of paradyce.
1552 Abp. J. Hamilton Catech. i. v. f. 15v The glore quhilk is promissit to the sonnis of God.
1645 J. Milton Epit. Marchioness of Winchester in Poems 26 Thou bright Saint high sit'st in glory.
1647 Humble Advice Assembly of Divines conc. Shorter Catech. (new ed.) 16 The souls of Beleevers are at their death made perfect in holiness, and do immediatly pass into glory.
1729 W. Law Serious Call i. 9 And strive to enter through the strait gate into a life of eternal Glory.
1848 A. Jameson Sacred & Legendary Art I. 19 The crown is placed on the head of the Maternal Virgin in glory.
b. colloquial. to go to glory: to go to heaven; to die.
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the world > life > death > [verb (intransitive)]
forsweltc888
sweltc888
adeadeOE
deadc950
wendeOE
i-wite971
starveOE
witea1000
forfereOE
forthfareOE
forworthc1000
to go (also depart , pass, i-wite, chare) out of this worldOE
queleOE
fallOE
to take (also nim, underfo) (the) deathOE
to shed (one's own) blood?a1100
diec1135
endc1175
farec1175
to give up the ghostc1175
letc1200
aswelta1250
leavea1250
to-sweltc1275
to-worthc1275
to yield (up) the ghost (soul, breath, life, spirit)c1290
finea1300
spilla1300
part?1316
to leese one's life-daysa1325
to nim the way of deathc1325
to tine, leave, lose the sweatc1330
flit1340
trance1340
determinec1374
disperisha1382
to go the way of all the eartha1382
to be gathered to one's fathers1382
miscarryc1387
shut1390
goa1393
to die upa1400
expirea1400
fleea1400
to pass awaya1400
to seek out of lifea1400–50
to sye hethena1400
tinea1400
trespass14..
espirec1430
to end one's days?a1439
decease1439
to go away?a1450
ungoc1450
unlivec1450
to change one's lifea1470
vade1495
depart1501
to pay one's debt to (also the debt of) naturea1513
to decease this world1515
to go over?1520
jet1530
vade1530
to go westa1532
to pick over the perch1532
galpa1535
to die the death1535
to depart to God1548
to go home1561
mort1568
inlaikc1575
shuffle1576
finish1578
to hop (also tip, pitch over, drop off, etc.) the perch1587
relent1587
unbreathe1589
transpass1592
to lose one's breath1596
to make a die (of it)1611
to go offa1616
fail1623
to go out1635
to peak over the percha1641
exita1652
drop1654
to knock offa1657
to kick upa1658
to pay nature her due1657
ghost1666
to march off1693
to die off1697
pike1697
to drop off1699
tip (over) the perch1699
to pass (also go, be called, etc.) to one's reward1703
sink1718
vent1718
to launch into eternity1719
to join the majority1721
demise1727
to pack off1735
to slip one's cable1751
turf1763
to move off1764
to pop off the hooks1764
to hop off1797
to pass on1805
to go to glory1814
sough1816
to hand in one's accounts1817
to slip one's breatha1819
croak1819
to slip one's wind1819
stiffen1820
weed1824
buy1825
to drop short1826
to fall (a) prey (also victim, sacrifice) to1839
to get one's (also the) call1839
to drop (etc.) off the hooks1840
to unreeve one's lifeline1840
to step out1844
to cash, pass or send in one's checks1845
to hand in one's checks1845
to go off the handle1848
to go under1848
succumb1849
to turn one's toes up1851
to peg out1852
walk1858
snuff1864
to go or be up the flume1865
to pass outc1867
to cash in one's chips1870
to go (also pass over) to the majority1883
to cash in1884
to cop it1884
snuff1885
to belly up1886
perch1886
to kick the bucket1889
off1890
to knock over1892
to pass over1897
to stop one1901
to pass in1904
to hand in one's marble1911
the silver cord is loosed1911
pip1913
to cross over1915
conk1917
to check out1921
to kick off1921
to pack up1925
to step off1926
to take the ferry1928
peg1931
to meet one's Maker1933
to kiss off1935
to crease it1959
zonk1968
cark1977
to cark it1979
to take a dirt nap1981
1814 Sailor's Return i. i Adimar was in the act of boarding, with several others, when the Dasher went to glory. Thus was he saved.
1852 H. B. Stowe Uncle Tom's Cabin II. xli. 280 Tell her ye found me going into glory.
1884 ‘C. E. Craddock’ In Tennessee Mts. i. 9 He hev been in glory twenty year.
1897 M. Kingsley Trav. W. Afr. 179 Had we got caught in this, we should have..gone to glory.
8. A state of exaltation and splendour. in one's glory: in one's highest state of magnificence or prosperity; also colloquial, in a state of unbounded gratification or enjoyment.
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the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > majesty, glory, or grandeur > [noun]
athelc885
highnesseOE
brightnessOE
thrumOE
worshipOE
highship?c1225
nobleyec1300
pridec1330
realtya1375
rialtya1375
greatnessc1384
nobletya1387
magnificencec1390
regalya1393
greatheada1400
hautesse1399
lordliness1440
celsitudec1450
excelsitudec1470
state1488
princeliness1545
kingliness1548
royalty1548
amplitudec1550
grandity1589
grandeur1600
glory1613
majesticalness1613
augusteity1615
grandezza1629
augustness1644
raisedness1645
celsity1656
splendidnessa1657
grandness1663
exaltedness1730
halo1813
queenliness1831
aureole1852
magnateship1916
1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage i. xvii. 90 Tyrus, now called Sur, (whose glorie is sufficiently blazed by the Prophets Esay, and Ezechiel).
1816 M. Keating Trav. (1817) II. 62 The real Spanish beau..at midnight and at the billiard-table, he appears in his glory.
1829 W. Irving Chron. Conq. Granada I. xiii. 132 They thought that the days of their ancient glory were about to return.
1879 M. E. Braddon Cloven Foot xiv Mr. Smolendo was in his glory.
1893 G. E. Matheson About Holland 14 The commerce of Holland was at its full glory.
a1895 Ld. C. E. Paget Autobiogr. (1896) vii. 209 I think, too, the fleet liked my coming and living on board and taking an interest in everybody and everything; in truth, I was in my glory.
9. † d. Botany. = corona n.1 7b. Obsolete.
a. The circle of light represented as surrounding the head, or the whole figure, of the Saviour, the Virgin, or one of the Saints; an aureole n. or nimbus n.
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society > faith > aspects of faith > holiness > saint > [noun] > celestial crown of
aureolec1220
aureola1483
glory1646
halo1646
nimbus1728
Gloria1784
nimbe1830
gloriole1844
nimb1849
1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica v. ix. 247 Radiant Halo's..which after the French expression are usually tearmed, the Glory . View more context for this quotation
1745 Gentleman's Mag. Apr. 197/1 A glory, which is..that border of light which adorns the pictures of saints.
1862 H. Kingsley Ravenshoe I. xxi. 246 Her own glorious golden hair, which hung round her lovely face like a glory.
1864 W. W. Skeat tr. J. L. Uhland Songs & Ballads 19 On Thy clear eyes she [Mary] fixed her view, And thence celestial lustre drew Till o'er her glowed a glory bright.
b. A representation of the heavens opening and revealing celestial beings. ?Obsolete. (Cf. French gloire.)
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > painting > painting according to subject > [noun] > religious painting > picture by subject
majestyc1450
the Visitation (of our Lady)1498
Our Lady Piety1533
annunciation1556
nativity1646
Pietàc1660
noli me tangerea1684
virgina1684
glory1708
flagellation1728
scourging1757
Mater Dolorosa1800
crucifixion1841
hortus conclusus1852
Hodegetria1880
Gethsemane1901
anastasis1995
1708 E. Hatton New View London II. 488/1 Painted on Glass under a Glory between 2 Cherubims.
1782 R. Cumberland Anecd. Painters (1787) II. 136 The Holy Virgin is displayed in the center of the piece, above is a glory of Angels.
c. transferred. Any circle or ring of light; a halo, corona. Also, †a name for the star of an order of knighthood (obsolete), and spec. an anthelion or fog-bow.
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the world > the universe > luminous appearance > [noun] > aureole
circlea1123
hale1440
brough1496
burrow1499
halo1563
shine1581
burr1631
broucha1657
glory1693
aureole1858
Scheiner's halo1983
society > society and the community > social class > symbol of rank > [noun] > insignia of order > specific insignia of knightly order
the Garterc1350
collar1488
star1602
blue ribbon1607
yellow ribbon1651
red ribbon1652
string1660
green ribbon1672
crossa1684
glory1693
cordon1727
O.M.1903
M.B.E.1917
OBE1917
the world > the universe > luminous appearance > [noun] > anthelion
rainbow1555
crown1563
corone1569
corona1658
anthelion1670
fogbow1820
glory1823
1693 London Gaz. No. 2845/2 They presented to his Electoral Highness..the Two Stars or Glories, and Two Pieces of Ribbon of the Order [of the Garter].
1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics i, in tr. Virgil Wks. 64 Seeming Stars fall headlong..And..guild the Night With sweeping Glories, and long trails of Light. View more context for this quotation
1725 London Gaz. No. 6382/1 With a Glory or Rays issuing from the Center.
1766 J. Entick Surv. London in New Hist. London IV. 88 An altar piece gilt and carved, with a glory and the king's arms above the commandments.
1811 J. Pinkerton Petralogy I. 559 Anthracite..consumes slowly without any flame; but only encircled with a little glory, or irradiation.
1823 W. Scoresby Jrnl. Voy. Northern Whale-fishery 275 The interior circle..forms a brilliant anthelion, or glory, round the spectrum of the observer.
1842 W. Howitt Rural & Domest. Life Germany 452 If the fog is dry, you see not only yourself, but your neighbour; if very damp, only yourself, surrounded by a rainbow-coloured glory.
1871 tr. H. Schellen Spectrum Anal. xlix. 207 This crown of rays is usually designated the glory.
1884 W. C. Smith Kildrostan 43 A broad beam of the garish light Smote with a glory her golden hair.
1884 P. G. Tait Light §167 It seems possible that glories may be due to a cause somewhat analogous to that which produces the spurious rainbows.
1888 Encycl. Brit. XXIV. 435/1 (margin) Coronas or glories.
1910 C. C. Turner Aerial Navigation 141 Halos round the sun and moon, rainbows, ‘glories’, or ‘aureoles’—the coloured rings seen round the shadow cast by the balloon on the clouds.
1925 C. F. Brooks Why Weather? x. 122 Sometimes there is a double glory, that of larger diameter containing the full range of colors of the rainbow, from violet to red.
1963 G. C. Bowden tr. S. Schöpfer Young Specialist looks at Weather vi. 95 The airman is also familiar with the ‘glory’, as he often sees the system of coloured rings surrounding the shadow of his aircraft cast by the sun on a layer of cloud below.
ΘΚΠ
the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > flower or part containing reproductive organs > [noun] > parts of > petal > petals or corolla > corona
crown1597
glory1785
seed crown1802
scypha1832
scyphus1832
pyxis1847
1785 T. Martyn tr. J.-J. Rousseau Lett. Elements Bot. xxvii. 427 The petals of the corol are white, with a double, purple fringe, star or glory.
1785 T. Martyn tr. J.-J. Rousseau Lett. Elements Bot. xxvii. 428 The glory or crown is violet.
10. In names of insects and plants. (See quots.)
ΚΠ
1819 G. Samouelle Entomologist's Compend. 247 Endromis versicolor (Kentish glory).
1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. 757/1 Morning Glory, a name applied to certain species of Ipomœa and Pharbitis, e.g. P. hispidus the Convolvulus major of gardens.
1897 J. C. Willis Man. Flowering Plants II. 86 Chionodoxa Luciliae (glory of the snow) is a favourite border plant.
Compounds
General attributive. C1. Simple attributive.
glory-bath n.
ΚΠ
1875 R. Browning Inn Album i. 4 He leans into a living glory-bath Of air and light.
glory-crown n.
ΚΠ
1895 K. Tynan Miracle Plays 13 On his head a glory crown Fine as the evening star.
glory-days n.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > prosperity > [noun] > time of prosperity
highOE
golden age1561
halcyon days1570
gilded age1655
heyday1751
high point1787
millennium1821
palmy days1837
up1843
clover summer1866
flower-time1873
belle époque1910
glory-days1956
1956 R. Andrews (title) Glory days of logging.
1984 Economist 20 Oct. 73/3 In Opec's glory days in the mid and late 1970s, the spot markets accounted for only 5–10% of internationally-traded oil.
glory-mist n.
ΚΠ
1875 E. White Life in Christ (1878) iii. xvii. 210 If it be urged that Christ hid much of His truth in a glory-mist of metaphors [etc.].
glory-robe n.
ΚΠ
1827 J. Keble Christian Year II. xcl. 158 Brighter and brighter streams his glory-robe.
glory-seat n.
ΚΠ
1838 E. Cook Melaia lxxxi The glory-seat of arts and power.
glory-throne n.
ΚΠ
1827 J. Keble Christian Year I. xxx. 119 Angels round His glory-throne.
C2. Instrumental.
glory-cinctured adj.
ΚΠ
1853 T. N. Talfourd Castilian iv. ii These glory-cinctured towers.
glory-circled adj.
ΚΠ
a1711 T. Ken Wks. (1721) I. 66 The Glory-circled Infant.
glory-crowned adj.
ΚΠ
1603 J. Davies Microcosmos Pref. 20 Such Kings should be obaid, and glory-cround, Because their Vertues al mens else exceede.
1850 Ld. Tennyson In Memoriam xcv. 144 He finds on misty mountain-ground His own vast shadow glory-crown'd . View more context for this quotation
glory-haunted adj.
ΚΠ
1825 D. L. Richardson Sonnets 19 Her radiant smile Illumines now this glory-haunted Isle.
glory-laden adj.
ΚΠ
1866 J. H. Newman Let. to Pusey (ed. 2) 91 That pure Virgin..So weak yet so strong; so delicate yet so glory-laden.
glory-smitten adj.
ΚΠ
1817 S. T. Coleridge Biogr. Lit. 156 The two glory-smitten summits of the poetic mountain.
glory-stricken adj.
ΚΠ
1871 G. MacDonald Manchester Poem 210 Glory-stricken birds.
glory-tinged adj.
ΚΠ
1839 T. N. Talfourd Glencoe iii. ii To wander on the bank Of glory-tinged Loch-Leven.
C3.
glory-box n. Australian and New Zealand a box in which a woman stores clothes, etc., in preparation for marriage; cf. glory-hole n. 1a(b).
ΚΠ
1949 D. M. Davin Roads from Home ii. iv. 129 Seeing the neatly folded linen there, the carefully worked doilies and table spreads, the unworn silk nightdress, she knew she had blundered on Moira's hoard, her glory-box.
1963 Wanganui Herald (N.Z.) 9 July 16/2 Sideboard (as new), 2 wardrobes, 4 fireside chairs, tin trunk, light oak glory-box.
1971 Sunday Austral. 8 Aug. 46/8 The traditional work used on all the linen items in a girl's glory box.
glory-pea n. a name for the Australasian genus Clianthus.
ΘΚΠ
the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > shrubs > non-British shrubs > [noun] > Australasian
banksia1787
waratah1793
honeysuckle1803
pinkwood1824
honeysuckle tree1825
rose1825
blue bush1828
dogwood1828
parrotbill1829
tulip-tree1830
whitebeard1832
swamp-oak1833
bauera1835
mungitec1837
bottlebrush1839
clianthus1841
glory-pea1848
boronia1852
koromiko1855
pituri1861
Sturt's pea1865
scrub vine1866
pea-bush1867
cotton-bush1876
Australian honeysuckle1881
peach myrtle1882
saloop bush1884
naupaka1888
dog rose1896
native tulip1898
snow bush1909
wedding-bush1923
Hebe1961
mountain pepper1965
1848 Rural Cycl. II. 458 Glory-pea or Glory-flower—botanically Clianthus..The crimson glory-pea, Clianthus puniceus, is a native of the northern island of New Zealand.
glory-tree n. a shrub of the genus Clerodendron.
ΘΚΠ
the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > [noun] > clerodendrum
clerodendrum1812
glory-tree1848
1848 Rural Cycl. II. 458 Glory-tree: see Clerodendron.
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gloryv.1
/ˈɡlɔːri/, U.S. /ˈɡlɔri/ 1. intransitive. To exult with triumph, rejoice proudly. Const. in, †on, to with infinitive, and that.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > honour > give honour to [verb (transitive)]
wortheOE
i-worthOE
menskc1225
athelec1275
aworthyc1275
honoura1325
furtherc1374
honesta1382
worship1389
gloryc1400
dignifya1530
worthy1532
endue1565
enhonour1571
to do (a person or thing) the honour?1572
deign1579
honorify1606
famous1622
blazon1815
to do a person proud1819
the mind > emotion > pleasure > joy, gladness, or delight > rejoicing or exultation > rejoice or exult [verb (intransitive)]
fainc888
blissc897
gladc950
hightOE
spilea1000
make mirthc1225
playc1225
gladdena1300
to make joyc1300
joisec1320
joya1325
rejoyc1350
enjoyc1380
to be joyeda1382
mirtha1400
gloryc1400
rejoicec1405
enjoysec1470
triumph1535
exult1593
to take joya1616
gratify1811
tripudiate1891
kvell1940
c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness l. 1522 Þise lordes..gloryed on her falce goddes & her grace calles.
1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Mark xii. 13–17 Thou gloryest in the name and tytle of a Chrystian manne.
1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Luke ii. f. 25–32 Nowe from hensforth the gostly Israel..shall glory on thy sonne.
1552 Abp. J. Hamilton Catech. i. v. f. 15v We glore and ar blyth throw ye hoip quhilk we haif.
a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) ii. ix. sig. T3 With like iudgement glorying, when he had happened to do a thing well, as when he had performed some notable mischiefe.
1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1895) II. 406 Quha tuik to thame the title gloireng in the name.
1623 W. Shakespeare & J. Fletcher Henry VIII ii. i. 67 Let 'em looke they glory not in mischiefe. View more context for this quotation
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost i. 239 Both glorying to have scap't the Stygian flood As Gods. View more context for this quotation
1795 Gentleman's Mag. 65 542/1 Licentiousness, prophaning the sacred name of liberty, has gloried in the destruction of order.
1832 H. Martineau Ella of Garveloch iii. 36 Cries that would have dismayed a stranger but which Archie always gloried in provoking.
1863 F. A. Kemble Jrnl. Resid. Georgian Plantation 17 I have heard it..repeatedly asserted—and, what is more, much gloried in.
1868 J. T. Nettleship Ess. Browning's Poetry i. 59 Would I not glory to go into your very tomb?
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > pride > boasting or boastfulness > boast [verb (intransitive)]
yelpc888
kebc1315
glorify1340
to make avauntc1340
boast1377
brag1377
to shake boastc1380
glorya1382
to make (one's) boastc1385
crackc1470
avaunt1471
glaster1513
voust1513
to make (one's or a) vauntc1515
jet?1521
vaunt?1521
crowa1529
rail1530
devauntc1540
brave1549
vaunt1611
thrasonize1619
vapour1629
ostentate1670
goster1673
flourish1674
rodomontade1681
taper1683
gasconade1717
stump1721
rift1794
mang1819
snigger1823
gab1825
cackle1847
to talk horse1855
skite1857
to blow (also U.S. toot) one's own horn1859
to shoot off one's mouth1864
spreadeagle1866
swank1874
bum1877
to sound off1918
woof1934
to shoot a line1941
to honk off1952
to mouth off1958
blow-
a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Judith viii. 17 As oure herte is disturbid in the pride of hem, so also of oure mecnesse wee glorien.
1549 M. Coverdale et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. II. 2 Cor. v. f. liv Albeit we maye glory our selfes of the stocke of Jewes [etc.].
1635 E. Pagitt Christianographie 47 The Romanists glory much of the conversion of these Indians.
1640 tr. G. S. du Verdier Love & Armes Greeke Princes i. 114 That which I require of you, replied she, is, that..I may one day glory, that I have seen a number of good knights unhorsed upon the quarrell of my beauty.
1648 E. Symmons Vindic. King Charles (new ed.) 138 We have seen a glimpse of that perspicuity and modesty which is gloried to be in these annotations.
1673 Vain Insolency Rome 25 I think the same might now be said in several instances, to those of Rome, in reference to St. Peter, of whom she glorieth.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > types of ornamentation > ornament [verb (transitive)]
graith1297
anoure?1440
gloryc1475
exornify1613
the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > commend or praise [verb (transitive)]
heryc735
mickleeOE
loveOE
praise?c1225
upraisea1300
alosec1300
commenda1340
allow1340
laud1377
lose1377
avauntc1380
magnifya1382
enhancea1400
roosea1400
recommendc1400
recommanda1413
to bear up?a1425
exalt1430
to say well (also evil, ill, etc.) of (also by)1445
laudifyc1470
gloryc1475
advance1483
to bear out1485
prizec1485
to be or to have in laudationa1500
joya1500
extol1509
collaud1512
concend?1521
solemnize?1521
celebrate1522
stellify1523
to set up1535
well-word1547
predicate1552
glorify1557
to set forth1565
admire1566
to be up with1592
voice1594
magnificate1598
plaud1598
concelebrate1599
encomionize1599
to con laud1602
applauda1616
panegyrize1617
acclamate1624
to set offa1625
acclaim1626
raise1645
complement1649
encomiate1651
voguec1661
phrase1675
to set out1688
Alexander1700
talk1723
panegyricize1777
bemouth1799
eulogizea1810
rhapsodize1819
crack up1829
rhapsody1847
c1475 (?c1400) Apol. Lollard Doctr. (1842) 37 Glory þe bischop, wan he haþ chosun wise prestis, for þe cause of ruyn of þo peple are iuil prestis.
?1553 (c1501) G. Douglas Palice of Honour (London) Prol. l. 88 in Shorter Poems (1967) 12 Quha that constrenit ar in luffis rage..Weil auchtyst the tyl glore [1579 Edinb. gloir] and magnify.
1576 J. Foxe Actes & Monuments (rev. ed.) I. To Rdr. sig. ¶.iiv Let vs yelde thus much vnto their commemoration, to glory the Lorde in hys Saintes.
1594 T. Lodge & R. Greene Looking Glasse sig. A4v The troupe That gloried Venus at her wedding day.
a1639 H. Wotton Reliquiæ Wottonianæ (1651) 527 Be ever gloried here Thy Soveraign Name.
1661 R. Davenport City Night-cap i. 4 See How he that glories Heaven with no Honour, Covets to glorifie himself with Honesty.
ΘΚΠ
the world > matter > light > shine [verb (intransitive)] > shine forth or spread
blush?a1400
umbeshinec1400
reluyse1474
foreshine1571
elamp1610
glory1651
outshinea1747
outbeam1797
1651 N. Bacon Hist. Disc. Govt. I. 60 Its a good signe of a clear morning, when the Sun rising, glorieth upon the top of the Mountains.
Derivatives
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > fame or renown > famous or eminent person > [adjective]
mereeOE
athelOE
couthOE
brightOE
namecundc1175
outnumenc1175
noble?c1225
ketec1275
sheenc1275
tirfulc1275
glorious13..
losedc1305
of great renownc1330
glorifieda1340
worthly or worthy in wonea1350
clearc1374
nameda1382
solemna1387
renomeda1393
famous?a1400
renomé?a1400
renowneda1400
notedc1400
of (great, high, etc.) name?c1430
celebrate?1440
namely1440
famosec1449
honourable?c1450
notedc1450
parent?c1450
glorificatec1460
heroical?a1475
insignite?a1475
magnific1490
well-fameda1492
exemie1497
singular1497
preclare1503
magnificential1506
laureate1508
illustre?a1513
illustred1512
magnificent1513
preclared1530
grand1542
celebrated1549
heroicc1550
lustrantc1550
magnifical1557
illustrate1562
expectablec1565
ennobled1571
laurel1579
nominated1581
famosed1582
perspicuous1582
big1587
famed1595
uplifted1596
illustrious1598
celebrousc1600
luculent1600
celebrious1604
fameful1605
famoused1606
renownful1606
bruitful1609
eminent1611
insignious1620
clarousa1636
far-fameda1640
top1647
grandee1648
signalized1652
noscible1653
splendid1660
voiced1661
gloried1671
laurelled1683
distinguished1714
distinct1756
lustrious1769
trumpeted1775
spiry1825
world-famous1832
galactic1902
tycoonish1958
mega1987
1671 J. Milton Samson Agonistes 334 If old respect..towards your once gloried friend, My Son now Captive, hither hath inform'd Your younger feet. View more context for this quotation
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† gloryv.2
Obsolete.
(See quot. c1440.)
ΚΠ
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 199/2 Gloryyn, or wythe onclene þynge defoylyn, maculo, deturpo.
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