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glories

Syllables: glo·ries/ˈɡlɔːɹiz/

glories is the third-person singular simple present indicative of glory.

glories is the plural of glory.

Meaning of glory

Verb

glory (third-person singular simple present glories, present participle glorying, simple past and past participle gloried)

  1. To exult with joy; to rejoice.
    • In what the Apostle did glory?—He gloried in a Cross. ... [T]o the Ear of a Galatian, it conveyed much the same Meaning, as if the Apostle had gloried in a Halter; gloried in the Gallows; gloried in a Gibbet.1753, James Hervey, A Visitation Sermon: Preached at Northampton, May 10, 1753
  2. To boast; to be proud.
    • For if in anything I have gloried to him on your behalf, I was not put to shame; but as we spake all things to you in truth, so our glorying also, which I made before Titus, was found to be truth.1881, Revised Version, 2 Corinthians 7:14
  3. (archaic, poetic) To shine radiantly.
    • Down in a casement sat,
      A low sea-sunset glorying round her hair1859–85, Alfred Tennyson, Idylls of the King, "The Last Tournament"

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Phrases with glories

Questions about glories

What is glories the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Glories is the third-person singular simple present indicative of glory.
How do you pronounce glories?
Glories is pronounced /ˈɡlɔːɹiz/.

Words near glories in the dictionary

  1. glorias
  2. gloriation
  3. gloriations
  4. glorie
  5. gloried
  6. glories
  7. gloriest
  8. Glorieta
  9. glorieth
  10. gloriette
  11. gloriettes

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