■ noun ( plural glories )
1》 high renown or honour won by notable achievements.
2》 magnificence; great beauty.
↘a beautiful or impressive thing.
↘the splendour and bliss of heaven.
3》 praise, worship, and thanksgiving offered to God.
4》 a luminous ring or halo.
■ verb ( ~ in ) take great pride or pleasure in.
↘exult in unpleasantly.
Phrases
~ be! expressing enthusiastic piety.
~ days a time in the past regarded as being better than the present.
in one's ~ informal in a state of extreme joy or exaltation.
to ~ to death or destruction.
Origin
ME: from OFr. glorie , from L. gloria .