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gloriation

gloriation noun: a boast; a triumphing.

Noun

gloriation (countable and uncountable, plural gloriations)

  1. (obsolete) A boast; a triumphing.
    • Glory, or internal gloriation or triumph of the mind, is the passion which proceedeth from the imagination or conception of our own power above the power of him that contendeth with us […]1651, Thomas Hobbes, Leviathan

Forms of gloriation

pluralgloriations

Origin of gloriation

From Latin gloriatio, from gloriari (“to glory, boast”), from gloria (“glory”). See glory (noun).

Questions about gloriation

What does gloriation mean?
Gloriation means a boast; a triumphing.
What part of speech is gloriation?
Gloriation is a noun.
What is the plural of gloriation?
The plural of gloriation is gloriations.

Words near gloriation in the dictionary

  1. gloria
  2. Gloriagate
  3. Gloriana
  4. Glorianna
  5. glorias
  6. gloriation
  7. gloriations
  8. glorie
  9. gloried
  10. glories
  11. gloriest

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