Glory

Noun

 * 1) Great beauty or splendour, that is so overwhelming it is considered powerful.
 * 2) Honour and valour.
 * 3) Worship or praise, as in glory to God.
 * 4) Optical phenomenon caused by water droplets.

Related terms

 * Gloria
 * glorification
 * glorify
 * glorious


 * gloriously
 * morning glory
 * vainglory

Verb

 * 1) To exult with joy; to rejoice.
 * 2) * 1891: Thomas Hardy, Tess of the d'Urbervilles
 * He says he glories in what happened, and that good may be done indirectly; but I wish he would not so wear himself out now he is getting old, and would leave such pigs to their wallowing.
 * 1) To boast; to be proud.

Thesaurus
Babylonian splendor, Beulah, Beulah Land, Heaven, Land of Beulah, O, Paradise, a better place, acclaim, accolade, adoration, adulation, annular muscle, annulus, anthelion, antisun, apotheosis, areola, aura, aureole, beauty, benediction, bepraisement, better world, blare, blaze, blaze of glory, blazing light, blessing, blinding light, boast, bright light, brightness, brilliance, brilliancy, brilliant light, burst of light, caper, caracole, carol, celebrity, chaplet, character, charisma, chirp, chirrup, circle, circlet, circuit, circumference, circus, clap hands, closed circle, congratulation, consequence, corona, coronet, countersun, credit, crow, crow over, crown, cycle, dance, dazzling light, deification, delight, diadem, dignity, discus, disk, distinction, eclat, effulgence, elaborateness, elegance, eloge, eminence, encomium, envelope, esteem, eternal home, eternal return, eternity, eulogium, eulogy, exaltation, excellence, excessive praise, exult, fairy ring, fame, famousness, figure, flamboyance, flattery, flood of light, frisk, frolic, fulgor, gambol, garland, glamour, glare, glaring light, gloat, gloat over, glorification, gorgeousness, grandeur, grandiosity, grandness, gratitude, great honor, greatness, halo, happy hunting ground, heaven above, heavenly kingdom, hero worship, heroism, high heaven, holiness, homage, hommage, honor, idolatry, idolizing, illustriousness, immortality, immutability, imposingness, impressiveness, infinite goodness, infinite justice, infinite love, infinite mercy, infinite power, infinite wisdom, infinity, joy, jubilate, kingdom come, kingdom of God, kingdom of glory, kingdom of heaven, kudos, lasso, laud, laudation, lavishness, light, lilt, lionizing, loftiness, logical circle, loop, looplet, lunar corona, lunar halo, luster, luxuriousness, luxury, magic, magic circle, magnanimity, magnification, magnificence, majesty, meed of praise, memorability, mock moon, mock sun, moon dog, mystique, name, nimbus, nobility, noose, notability, noteworthiness, notoriety, notoriousness, numinousness, omnipotence, omnipotency, omnipresence, omniscience, omnisciency, orbit, ornament, otherworld, overpraise, paean, pageantry, panegyric, paraselene, parhelic circle, parhelion, plushness, pomp, popularity, poshness, praise, presence of God, prestige, prominence, proudness, publicity, radiance, radiancy, radiant splendor, radius, rainbow, realm of light, reclame, recognition, refulgence, refulgency, rejoice, relish, remarkableness, renown, report, reputation, repute, resplendence, resplendency, revel, reverence, ring, ritziness, rollick, romp, rondelle, round, roundel, salience, saucer, show off, sing, skip, skip for joy, solar corona, solar halo, sovereignty, sphincter, splendidness, splendiferousness, splendor, state, stateliness, streaming light, sublimity, sumptuousness, sun dog, thanksgiving, the Promised Land, the bubble reputation, the happy land, the world above, tribute, triumph, ubiquity, unity, veneration, vicious circle, vividness, vogue, wheel, whistle, worship, wreath

Etymology
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Noun

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 * : 栄光 (えいこう, eikō), 名声 (めいせい, meisei), 名誉 (めいよ, meiyo)
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