Glo"ry (glō"r&ybreve;; 111), n.
[OE. glorie, OF. glorie, gloire, F.
gloire, fr. L. gloria; prob. akin to Gr.
kle`os, Skr. çravas glory, praise,
çru to hear. See Loud.]
1. Praise, honor, admiration, or distinction,
accorded by common consent to a person or thing; high reputation;
honorable fame; renown.
Glory to God in the highest.
Luke ii. 14.
Spread his glory through all countries
wide.
Spenser.
2. That quality in a person or thing which
secures general praise or honor; that which brings or gives renown;
an object of pride or boast; the occasion of praise; excellency;
brilliancy; splendor.
Think it no glory to swell in
tyranny.
Sir P. Sidney.
Jewels lose their glory if
neglected.
Shak.
Your sex's glory 't is to shine
unknown.
Young.
3. Pride; boastfulness; arrogance.
In glory of thy fortunes.
Chapman.
4. The presence of the Divine Being; the
manifestations of the divine nature and favor to the blessed in
heaven; celestial honor; heaven.
Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward
receive me to glory.
Ps. lxxiii. 24.
5. An emanation of light supposed to proceed
from beings of peculiar sanctity. It is represented in art by rays of
gold, or the like, proceeding from the head or body, or by a disk, or
a mere line.
&fist; This is the general term; when confined to the head it is
properly called nimbus; when encircling the whole body,
aureola or aureole.
Glory hole, an opening in the wall of a
glass furnace, exposing the brilliant white light of the
interior. Knight. -- Glory pea
(Bot.), the name of two leguminous plants (Clianthus
Dampieri and C. puniceus) of Australia and New Zeland.
They have showy scarlet or crimson flowers. -- Glory
tree (Bot.), a name given to several species of
the verbenaceous genus Clerodendron, showy flowering shrubs of
tropical regions.
Glo"ry, v. i. [imp. & p.
p. Gloried (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Glorying.] [OE. glorien, OF. glorier, fr. L.
gloriari, fr. gloria glory. See Glory,
n.]
1. To exult with joy; to rejoice.
Glory ye in his holy name.
Ps.
cv.&?;
2. To boast; to be proud.
God forbid that I should glory, save in the
cross of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Gal. vi. 14
No one . . . should glory in his
prosperity.
Richardson.
