# glory

Pronunciation: US say "GLOR-ee" /ˈɡloɹ.i/; UK say "GLAW-ree" /ˈɡlɔː.ɹi/

## Noun

1. Great honor, fame, and admiration, especially won through victory or great achievement.
   - Simple: Great fame and praise that you get for winning or doing something great.
   - _The general returned home covered in glory after the long campaign._
   - _Few writers achieve such lasting glory within their own lifetime._
2. Magnificent beauty and splendor.
   - Simple: Great beauty that fills you with wonder.
   - _The cathedral's interior revealed itself in all its glory._
   - _Autumn paints these hills with a glory of red and gold._
3. Worship or praise offered to someone or something.
   - Simple: Worship or praise given to someone.
   - _The hymn offered glory to the creator._
   - _Every verse of the old hymn gives glory to God._
4. The visible sign of God's presence as perceived by humans in Abrahamic religions.
   - Simple: A sign that shows God is present, seen by people in some religions.
   - _Scripture describes how the glory of God descended upon the mountain._
   - _The faithful spoke of a glory that filled the sanctuary at dawn._
5. Something especially beautiful, admirable, or worthy of praise ('her hair was her crowning glory').
   - Simple: Something very beautiful or the best, most admired part of someone or something.
   - _The restored ballroom was a glory of gilt and crystal._
   - _Her voice was a glory in the opera's final act._
7. A radiance of light imagined to shine from especially holy beings, shown in art as rays of gold or a disk around the head or body.
   - Simple: A ring or rays of light shown around the head of a holy person in art.
   - _The icon showed a glory radiating from the figure's body in thin lines of gold._
   - _Medieval artists often surrounded their martyrs with a glory of light._
8. An optical phenomenon of concentric colored rings, like a rainbow, formed when sunlight or moonlight strikes the water droplets in mist or cloud, centered opposite the sun or moon.
   - Simple: Colored rings of light seen in mist or cloud, circling the shadow of your own head.
   - _Mountaineers above the clouds sometimes spot a glory ringing their own shadow._
   - _The pilot photographed a vivid glory centered on the plane's shadow._

## Verb

6. To take great pleasure or pride in something (usually 'glory in').
   - Simple: To enjoy something a lot or feel very proud of it.
   - _Some people glory in their own achievements far too loudly._
   - _She gloried in the praise her work received._

## Noun

9. An overweening pride, boastfulness, or arrogance. *(obsolete)*
   - Simple: Too much pride or showing off.

## Verb

10. To shine with radiant brightness. *(archaic)*
   - Simple: To shine in a bright, beautiful way.

## Origin

Latin glōria ("glory, fame, renown, praise") became Old French glorie and then Middle English glory. Gloria is a doublet. The word pushed out the native Old English wuldor.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/glory (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).