Glory Definition

glôrē
gloried, glories, glorying
noun
glories
Great honor and admiration won by doing something important or valuable; fame; renown.
Webster's New World
Something conferring honor or renown.
American Heritage
Anything bringing this.
Webster's New World
A highly praiseworthy asset.
Your wit is your crowning glory.
American Heritage
Worshipful adoration or praise.
Webster's New World
idiom
gone to glory
  • dead
Webster's New World
in one's glory
  • at one's best, happiest, most gratified, etc.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Glory

Noun

Singular:
glory
Plural:
glories

Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Glory

  • gone to glory
  • in one's glory

Origin of Glory

  • From Middle English glory, glorie, from Old French glorie (“glory”), from Latin glōria (“glory, fame, renown, praise, ambition, boasting”), from Proto-Indo-European *glōs-, *gals-, *galos- (“voice, cry”). Cognate with Ancient Greek κλέος (kléos, “rumor, report”), Old English ceallian (“to cry out, shout, call”). More at call.

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English glorie from Old French from Latin glōria

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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