GLORY

I. noun (plural glories) Etymology: Middle English glorie, from Anglo-French & Latin; Anglo-French, from Latin gloria Date: 14th century 1. praise, honor, or distinction extended by common consent ; renown , worshipful praise, honor, and thanksgiving , 2. something that secures praise or renown , a distinguished quality or asset, 3. a. great beauty and splendor ; magnificence , something marked by beauty or resplendence , the splendor and beatific happiness of heaven, 4. a state of great gratification or exaltation , a height of prosperity or achievement, a ring or spot of light: as, aureole , a halo appearing around the shadow of an object, II. intransitive verb (gloried; ~ing) Date: 14th century to rejoice proudly, III. interjection or ~ be Date: 1816 — used to express surprise or delight