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GLORY

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Irregular inflected form: gloried   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Brilliant radiant beauty

Example:

the glory of the sunrise

Synonyms:

glory; resplendence; resplendency

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("glory" is a kind of...):

beauty (the qualities that give pleasure to the senses)

Derivation:

glorify (bestow glory upon)

glorify (cause to seem more splendid)

glorify (praise, glorify, or honor)

glorious (having great beauty and splendor)

glorious (characterized by grandeur)

Sense 2

Meaning:

An indication of radiant light drawn around the head of a saint

Synonyms:

aura; aureole; gloriole; glory; halo; nimbus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("glory" is a kind of...):

light; lightness (the visual effect of illumination on objects or scenes as created in pictures)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A state of high honor

Example:

he valued glory above life itself

Synonyms:

glorification; glory

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("glory" is a kind of...):

honor; honour; laurels (the state of being honored)

Derivation:

glorify (bestow glory upon)

glorify (cause to seem more splendid)

glorify (praise, glorify, or honor)

glorious (having or deserving or conferring glory)

glory (rejoice proudly)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Rejoice proudly

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "glory" is one way to...):

exuberate; exult; jubilate; rejoice; triumph (to express great joy)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Derivation:

glory (a state of high honor)

Credits

 Context examples: 

Elinor gloried in his integrity; and Marianne forgave all his offences in compassion for his punishment.

(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)

We are here to-night, said he, not only to celebrate the past glories of the prize ring, but also to arrange some sport for the future.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

She listened most attentively to all that passed between them, and gloried in every expression, every sentence of her uncle, which marked his intelligence, his taste, or his good manners.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

I have lost my hopes of utility and glory; I have lost my friend.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

For as to secrecy, Henry is quite the hero of an old romance, and glories in his chains.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

As a Gemini, few things excite you like the prospect of an upcoming trip, so you will be in your full glory—now and in the weeks ahead.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

This he afterwards explained by saying that to a boyar the pride of his house and name is his own pride, that their glory is his glory, that their fate is his fate.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

His original reasons I know not; but his hatred is increased since your great success against Blefuscu, by which his glory as admiral is much obscured.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)

The Eagle Nebula did not have to wait so long for its full glory to be appreciated.

(VST Captures Three-In-One, ESO)

Should I bring it to a successful conclusion, it will certainly represent the crowning glory of my career.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)