glory

 
Pronunciation: /ˈglɔːri/

noun (plural glories)

[mass noun]
  • 1high renown or honour won by notable achievements: to fight and die for the glory of one’s nation
  • 2magnificence or great beauty: the train has been restored to all its former glory
  • [count noun] (often glories) a thing that is beautiful, impressive, or worthy of praise: the glories of Paris
  • the splendour and bliss of heaven: images of Christ in glory
  • 3praise, worship, and thanksgiving offered to God.
  • 4 [count noun] a luminous ring or halo, especially as depicted around the head of Christ or a saint.

verb

[no object] (glory in)
  • take great pride or pleasure in: they gloried in their independence
  • exult in unpleasantly or boastfully: readers tended to defend their paper or even to glory in its bias

Phrases

glory be!

expressing enthusiastic piety.
informal used as an exclamation of surprise or delight.

to glory

to death or destruction: an uproar over a preacher, since gone to glory the boat was blown to glory

in one's glory

informal in a state of extreme joy or exaltation: he was in his glory and brimming with optimism

Origin:

Middle English: from Old French glorie, from Latin gloria