noun pl. glories
- great honor and admiration won by doing something important or valuable; fame; renown
- anything bringing this
- worshipful adoration or praise
- the condition of highest achievement, splendor, prosperity, etc.: Greece in her glory
- radiant beauty or splendor; magnificence
- heaven or the bliss of heaven
- a halo or its representation in art
- any circle of light
Origin:
ME glorie < OFr < L gloria
intransitive verb gloried, glorying
to be very proud; rejoice; exult: with in