| glory | |
| 1. n. Great or overwhelming beauty or splendour. | |
| 2. n. Honour, admiration, or distinction, accorded by common consent to a person or thing; high reputation; renown. | |
| 3. n. That quality in a person or thing which secures general praise or honour. | |
| 4. n. Worship or praise. | |
| 5. n. An optical phenomenon caused by water droplets, consisting of concentric rings and somewhat similar to a rainbow. | |
| 6. n. Victory; success. | |
| 7. n. 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. n. (theology) The manifestation of the presence of God as perceived by humans in Abrahamic religions. | |
| 9. n. (obsolete) Pride; boastfulness; arrogance. | |
| 10. v. To exult with joy; to rejoice. | |
| 11. v. To boast; to be proud. | |
| 12. v. (archaic, poetic) To shine radiantly. | |
