glorie

Noun

glory (countable and uncountable, plural glories)

1. 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.1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter V, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC
2. 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.1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto I”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, page 197
3. That quality in a person or thing which secures general praise or honour.
   • Deeme it no gloire to swell in tyrannie.c. 1580 (date written), Philippe Sidnei [i.e., Philip Sidney], “(please specify the folio)”, in [Fulke Greville; Matthew Gwinne; John Florio], editors, The Countesse of Pembrokes Arcadia [The New...
4. Worship or praise.
   • Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Luke 2:14
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.

   Synonyms:

   anticorona

6. Victory; success.
   • But, with United fans in celebratory mood as it appeared their team might snatch glory, they faced an anxious wait as City equalised in stoppage time.2012 May 13, Alistair Magowan, “Sunderland 0-1 Man Utd”, in BBC Sport

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