[
US
/ˈɡɫɔɹi/
]
[ UK /ɡlˈɔːɹi/ ]
[ UK /ɡlˈɔːɹi/ ]
VERB
- rejoice proudly
NOUN
- an indication of radiant light drawn around the head of a saint
-
brilliant radiant beauty
the glory of the sunrise -
a state of high honor
he valued glory above life itself
How To Use glory In A Sentence
- Die young, and I shall accept your death- but not if you have lived without glory, without being useful to your country, without leaving a trace of your existence: for that is not to have lived at all. Napoleon Bonaparte
- We should look to the glory and splendor of the arena … Where even the most untalented one-hit-wonder will be able to regain a sliver of dignity before their untimely demise. 2010 February « The Graveyard
- They will need to be against an Abbeyside team being groomed for glory on the back of outstanding Under-21 and minor success.
- But though this darkness were wholly removed, there is another darkness, that ariseth not from the want of light, but from the excessive superabundance of light — _caligo lucis nimiæ_, (240) that is, a divine darkness, a darkness of glory, such an infinite excess and superplus of light and glory, above all created capacities, that it dazzles and confounds all mortal or created understandings. The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning
- Even the Magdalene herself, eyes turned in horror from the abandoned grave to the radiant glory of the seraphim, had the faint touch of that naiveté in her eyes.
- And as the Roman Consuls held this to be the principal praise of their glory, they had this title curiously sculptured in marble on the Quirinal and in the forum of Trajan --- "Most powerful gift in a Prince is liberality [12]. History of the Incas
- The heroic deeds of this brave and noble Irishman have brought honour and glory to his native land.
- The cathedral is the crowning glory of the city.
- We have come to see the tornado in all of its glory, not the ant-like humans that scurry about in its path.
- Glory to our Lord! Verily we have been doing wrong!