glory

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

1. Great beauty and splendor.
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. An emanation of light supposed to shine from beings that are specially holy. It is represented in art by rays of gold, or the like, proceeding from the head or body, or by a disk, or a mere line.
8. The manifestation of the presence of God as perceived by humans in Abrahamic religions.
9. (obsolete) Pride; boastfulness; arrogance.
10. Something glorious.

Verb

1. To exult with joy; to rejoice.
2. To boast; to be proud.
3. To shine radiantly.

Concepten

glorie

roem

lof

beroemdheid

pracht

luister

dankzegging

eer

stralenkrans

pracht or

eer or

autoriteit

gezag

prestige

verdienste

befaamdheid

faam

mare

naam

reputatie

roep

vermaardheid

aureool

praal

heerlijkheid

zaligheid

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ˈɡlɔː.ɹi/

Etymologie (Engels)

From Middle English glory, glorie, from Old French glorie (“glory”), from Latin glōria (“glory, fame, renown, praise, ambition, boasting”). Doublet of gloria. Displaced native Old English wuldor.

Zinnen

After its demise , the city would never attain its old glory again .

Na zijn ondergang zou de stad zijn oude glorie nooit meer bereiken.