glory

Meaning

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.

Concepts

glory

fame

renown

splendor

grandeur

honor

splendour

greatness

majesty

honour

reputation

magnificence

halo

nimbus

brilliance

kudos

dignity

prestige

brightness

eminence

celebrity

praise

boast

name

excellence

aura

resplendence

resplendency

aureole

gloriole

rejoice

glamour

pride

notoriety

luster

lustre

wealth

pomp

glorification

blaze

distinction

light

exult

reverence

beauty

military exploit

merit

worth

hearsay

repute

rumour

standing

bask in

bliss

rapture

luxury

privilege

bright future

hope

prosperity

essence

flower

prominence

spendor

loftiness

sun

mention

majestic lustre

power

supremacy

be proud

vie in boasting with another

triumph

ore

good fortune

adoration

jubilate

bay

glamor

sublime

sublimeness

kingship

royalty

blessing

gratitude

thanksgiving

might

respect

perpetuity

victory

charm

joy

laugh

burnish

eclat

flair

gleam

luxuriousness

sheen

cardinality

enjoy

ingest

partake

receive

savor

ciliary body

compliment

congratulation

commemoration

homage

honorableness

honourableness

accolade

laurel

honor honour

credit

quality

rays

blessedness

comfort

ease

felicity

happiness

rich

treasure

wealthy man

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɡlɔː.ɹi/

Etymology

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.

Sentences

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