glory
/ˈɡlo(ː)ɹi/ · noun
Meaning
- Great or overwhelming beauty or splendour.
- Honour, admiration, or distinction, accorded by common consent to a person or thing; high reputation; renown.
- That quality in a person or thing which secures general praise or honour.
- Worship or praise.
- 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.
- Victory; success.
- To exult with joy; to rejoice.
- To boast; to be proud.
- To shine radiantly.
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