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foreglory

foreglory noun: glory in advance or occurring ahead of time.

Noun

foreglory (countable and uncountable, plural foreglories)

  1. Glory in advance or occurring ahead of time
    • It is the Phœnix of fore-glories Embers: Patience her wing, Heaven is her amount, [...]1883, Anthony Copley, A fig for fortune
    • And be it mine at close of life; / This rapture giv'n, / whate'er befell, / Of yesterdays unfilled with strife, — / This gleam of the Unlived to lend / Foreglory.1893, Charles Wells Moulton, The Magazine of Poetry and Literary Review - Volume 5

Forms of foreglory

pluralforeglories
alternative formfore-glory

Origin of foreglory

From fore- + glory.

Questions about foreglory

What does foreglory mean?
Foreglory means glory in advance or occurring ahead of time.
What part of speech is foreglory?
Foreglory is a noun.
What is the plural of foreglory?
The plural of foreglory is foreglories.

Words near foreglory in the dictionary

  1. foreglimpse
  2. foreglimpsed
  3. foreglimpses
  4. foreglimpsing
  5. foreglories
  6. foreglory
  7. foreglow
  8. foreglows
  9. forego
  10. foregoer
  11. foregoers

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