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glory.

Great beauty and splendor.

5 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈɡlɔːɹi/Received-Pronunciation/ˈɡloːɹɪj/British, Southern, Standard/ˈɡloɹi/Canada, General-American[ˈɡlɔɹi]Canada, General-American, dialectal
  1. Great beauty and splendor.

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  2. Honour, admiration, or distinction, accorded by common consent to a person or thing; high reputation; renown.

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  3. That quality in a person or thing which secures general praise or honour.

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  4. Worship or praise.

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  5. 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.

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  6. Victory; success.

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  7. 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.

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  8. The manifestation of the presence of God as perceived by humans in Abrahamic religions.

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  9. Pride; boastfulness; arrogance.

    countable · obsolete · uncountable
  10. Something glorious.

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Where this word comes from

From Middle English glory, glorie, from Old French glorie (“glory”), from Latin glōria (“glory, fame, renown, praise, ambition, boasting”). Doublet of gloria. Displaced native Old English wuldor.

verb/ˈɡlɔːɹi/Received-Pronunciation/ˈɡloːɹɪj/British, Southern, Standard/ˈɡloɹi/Canada, General-American[ˈɡlɔɹi]Canada, General-American, dialectal
  1. To exult with joy; to rejoice.

  2. To boast; to be proud.

  3. To shine radiantly.

    archaic · poetic
Where this word comes from

From Middle English glory, glorie, from Old French glorie (“glory”), from Latin glōria (“glory, fame, renown, praise, ambition, boasting”). Doublet of gloria. Displaced native Old English wuldor.

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