GLORY


Meaning of GLORY in English

■ 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 .

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