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glory

/ˈɡlo(ː)ɹi/ · noun

Meaning

  1. Great or overwhelming beauty or splendour.
  2. Honour, admiration, or distinction, accorded by common consent to a person or thing; high reputation; renown.
  3. That quality in a person or thing which secures general praise or honour.
  4. Worship or praise.
  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.
  6. Victory; success.
  7. To exult with joy; to rejoice.
  8. To boast; to be proud.
  9. To shine radiantly.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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