Meaning of glory | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Great beauty and splendor.
   countable, uncountable
2. A female given name from English.
3. Great beauty and splendor
4. To rejoice triumphantly; exult: a sports team that gloried in its hard-won victory.
5. Honour, admiration, or distinction, accorded by common consent to a person or thing; high reputation; renown.
   countable, uncountable
6. Honour, admiration, or distinction, accorded by common consent to a person or thing; high reputation; renown
7. go to (one's) glory, to die.
8. That quality in a person or thing which secures general praise or honour.
   countable, uncountable
9. That quality in a person or thing which secures general praise or honour
10. To feel or express an uplifting joy over a success or victory:crow, exult, jubilate, triumph.
11. Worship or praise.
    countable, uncountable
12. Worship or praise
13. to take great pleasure in. He glories in his work as an architect. beroem op يُفاخِر، يَتَباهى гордея се orgulhar-se nacházet potěšení sich sonnen in nyde απολαμβάνω, καμαρώνω για enorgullecerse de, gloriarse de mõnulema نازیدن؛ مفتخر بودن nauttia savourer לְהִתפָּאֵר बहुत प्रसन्नता uživati u örül vminek menyukai vera alsæll yfir gloriarsi, vantarsi 誇りとする 기뻐하다 didžiuotis, džiūgauti iš pasigėrėjimo lepoties seronok prat gaan opglede seg over, sole seg i glansen avszczycić się نازول orgulhar-se...
14. An optical phenomenon, consisting of concentric rings and somewhat similar to a rainbow, caused by sunlight or moonlight interacting with the water droplets that compose mist or clouds, centered on the antisolar or antilunar point.
    countable, uncountable
15. An optical phenomenon, consisting of concentric rings and somewhat similar to a rainbow, caused by sunlight or moonlight interacting with the water droplets that compose mist or clouds, centered on the antisolar or antilunar point
16. verheerliking, ophemeling تَمجيد، تَعْظيم، تَسْبيح възхвала glorificação oslavení, velebení die Verherrlichung, die Lobpreisung forherligelse; glorificering ωραιοποίηση, εξύμνηση glorificación ülistus تجلیل ihannointi glorification הַאדָרַת שֵׁם महिमागान veličanje, slavljenje dicsőítés pengagungan vegsömun, upphafning glorificazione; esaltazione 賛美 찬미 šlovinimas, liaupsinimas slavināšana; cildināšana pengagungan verheerlijking glorifisering, berømmelse gloryfikacja سرلوړى glorificação glorifi...
17. Victory; success.
    countable, uncountable
18. roemryk, heerlik بِصورَة مَجيدَه славно gloriosamente skvěle herrlich prægtigt; storslået; pragtfuldt υπέροχαgloriosamente hiilgavalt شکوهمندانه upeasti glorieusement בִּפאֵר, בִּתהִילָה भव्यात्यामक sjajno, divno dicsőségesen secara menyenangkan dásamlega gloriosamente すばらしく 영광스럽게 šlovingai, puikiai slaveni; lieliski dengan gemilang roemrijk, heerlijkstrålende, praktfullt chlubnie خوشالوونكى gloriosamente glorios великолепно; изумительно nádherne veličastno slavno strålande, härligt อย่างรุ่ง...
19. An emanation of light supposed to shine from beings that are specially holy. It is represented in art by rays of gold, or the like, proceeding from the head or body, or by a disk, or a mere line.
    countable, uncountable
20. Great honor, praise, or distinction accorded by common consent; renown.
21. The manifestation of the presence of God as perceived by humans in Abrahamic religions.
    countable, uncountable
22. Something conferring honor or renown.
23. Pride; boastfulness; arrogance.
    countable, obsolete, uncountable
24. A highly praiseworthy asset: Your wit is your crowning glory.
25. Something glorious.
    countable, uncountable
26. Adoration, praise, and thanksgiving offered in worship.

Equivalents

Examples

“He was thinking; but the glory of the song, the swell from the great organ, the clustered lights, […], the height and vastness of this noble fane, its antiquity and its strength—all these things seemed to have their part as causes of the thrilling emotion that accompanied his thoughts.”

“One of the hidden glories of Victorian engineering is proper drains. Isolating a city’s effluent and shipping it away in underground sewers has probably saved more lives than any medical procedure except vaccination.”

“In this faire wize they traueild long yfere, Through many hard assayes, which did betide; Of which he honour still away did beare, And spred his glorie through all countries wide.”

“Deeme it no gloire to swell in tyrannie.”

The New Arcadia

“As jewels lose their glory if neglected, So princes their renowns if not respected.”

“Then he commenced to talk, really talk. and inside of two flaps of a herring's fin he had me mesmerized, like Eben Holt's boy at the town hall show. He talked about the ills of humanity, and the glories of health and Nature and service and land knows what all.”

“He's the only person I know who's going to vote at all. Most people have given up on politicians. After all, politicians have been promising to return us to the glory, wealth, and order of the twentieth century ever since I can remember.”

“Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.”

“But, with United fans in celebratory mood as it appeared their team might snatch glory, they faced an anxious wait as City equalised in stoppage time.”

“How does the Luſtre of our Father’s Actions, Through the dark Cloud of Ills that cover him, Break out, and burn with more triumphant Brightneſs! His Suff’rings ſhine, and ſpread a Glory round him; […]”

“Seen across the dim candle with his moistened eyes, she looked as if she had a glory shining round her head.”

“[…] But if thou declare The Secrets, truth; and art so mad to dare (In glory of thy fortunes) to approue, That rich-crownd Venus, mixt with thee in loue; Ioue (fir’d with my aspersion, so dispred) Will, with a wreakefull lightning, dart thee dead.”

“It was a woman’s clothing, beyond a doubt, […] The two men gazed at the heap of feminine glories, — it might have been the most wonderful sight they ever had seen.”

“Glory said, “I think we should change the subject.” “Your mother wanted to call her Gloria, the usual spelling, but I couldn't see that, when all the other names are in English.””

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