noun
Great beauty and splendor.
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.
Honour, admiration, or distinction, accorded by common consent to a person or thing; high reputation; renown.
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.
That quality in a person or thing which secures general praise or honour.
Deeme it no gloire to swell in tyrannie.
As jewels lose their glory if neglected, So princes their renowns if not respected.
Worship or praise.
Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.
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.
verb
To exult with joy; to rejoice.
In what the Apostle did glory?—He gloried in a Cross. ... [T]o the Ear of a Galatian, it conveyed much the same Meaning, as if the Apostle had gloried in a Halter; gloried in the Gallows; gloried in a Gibbet.
He says he glories in what happened, and that good may be done indirectly; but I wish he would not so wear himself out now he is getting old, and would leave such pigs to their wallowing.
To boast; to be proud.
For if in anything I have gloried to him on your behalf, I was not put to shame; but as we spake all things to you in truth, so our glorying also, which I made before Titus, was found to be truth.
To shine radiantly.
Down in a casement sat, A low sea-sunset glorying round her hair
name
A female given name from English.
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.”