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glory /glöˈri/ noun- Renown
- Exalted or triumphant honour
- Widespread praise
- An object of supreme pride
- Splendour, beauty
- Resplendent brightness
- Summit of attainment, prosperity or gratification
- (in religious symbolism) a combination of the nimbus and the aureola, but often erroneously used for the nimbus
- A ring or glow of light around the moon, the Brocken spectre, or other similar object or phenomenon
- Boastful or self-congratulatory spirit (obsolete)
- The presence of God
- The manifestation of God to the blessed in heaven
- A representation of the heavens opened
- Heaven
intransitive verb (gloˈrying; gloˈried)- To exult proudly (usu with in)
- To rejoice
- To boast (obsolete)
transitive verb (obsolete)To glorify interjection (old)Expressing surprise ORIGIN: OFr glorie and L glōria glōˈrious adjective - Noble
- Splendid
- Conferring renown
- Wonderful, delightful, intensely enjoyable (informal)
- Elated, tipsy (archaic; informal)
- Boastful (obsolete)
gloˈriously adverb gloˈriousness noun Glorious Twelfth see under twelfth glory box noun (Aust and NZ) A box in which a young woman keeps her trousseau, etc, a bottom drawer glory of the snow noun The plant chionodoxa gloˈry-pea noun The papilionaceous genus Clianthus, consisting of Sturt's desert pea (in Australia) and the parrot-bill (in New Zealand) glory be - A devout ascription of glory to God
- Hence, a shout of exultation
- An interjection expressing surprise
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