Meaning of glory in English:

glory

nounglories

mass noun

1High renown or honour won by notable achievements.
‘to fight and die for the glory of one's nation’
- ‘He also delighted in seeing the girls team achieve such honour and glory over the past five years.’
- ‘For club and county it is about bringing honour and glory to one's native heath, family, friends and neighbours and the people you were brought up with.’
- ‘The heroic deeds of this brave and noble Irishman have brought honour and glory to his native land.’
- ‘It will be nice to see a good attendance showing support for this bunch of young fellows who have brought honour and glory to their parishes.’
- ‘This terrifying vision fits perfectly well with the desire for honour and glory that the neo-conservative gentlemen covet.’
- ‘The honour and glory of the colours were now fore-most in the players mind.’
- ‘His greatest wish would be that they would carry the torch in the years ahead and lead his club to further honour and glory.’
- ‘This group of young lads are to be congratulated on bringing honour and glory to their parishes.’
- ‘Prisons, for all their horrors, were about loyalty to the cause, about honour, about glory.’
- ‘They came from two proud rival cities, with honour, glory and passion at stake.’
- ‘One can't help but suspect that the motive behind the Italian researcher's efforts is rooted in gaining glory and renown rather than altruism.’
- ‘If it's about glory, style and achievement than the current regime is a massive failure.’
- ‘Straussians are believers in glory and honour - pre-modern values.’
- ‘We shall fight not for glory or honour, but for the very sovereignty of our kingdom!’
- ‘Newspapers said she had showered her motherland with glory and honour, and dignitaries clamoured for her presence.’
- ‘Now its up to the bunch of players to regain the lost Olympic glory.’
- ‘If he survived this he would bring greater glory to himself.’
- ‘Moreover, his character suggests that he was neither a power monger, nor a glory seeker.’
- ‘On one hand, everyone had a chance for a little glory.’
- ‘The fact that they probably will is to be a short-lived glory.’
renown, fame, prestige, honour, distinction, kudos, eminence, pre-eminence, acclaim, acclamation, celebrity, praise, accolades, laurels, recognition, note, notability, credit, repute, reputation, name, illustriousness, lustre
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2Magnificence or great beauty.
‘the train has been restored to all its former glory’
- ‘Work has begun to return a Scarborough beauty spot to its former glory with a £100,000 facelift by engineers.’
- ‘We work very hard to restore this magnificent building to its former glory and this is a very obvious setback.’
- ‘The great Chinese traveller Huien Tsang visited this place and wrote of its glory and beauty.’
- ‘It has lost its Royal status but not his beauty and glory.’
- ‘Bright blues, reds and yellows streak the canvas depicting beauty in all its glory.’
- ‘Retaining its magnificence and glory, Surakarta Keraton, along with the Mangkunegaran Fort, has continued to serve as a symbol of Javanese culture.’
- ‘And, in its bizarre, magnificent glory, it's a startling and exciting sight.’
- ‘It is the original Atlantic Coastline station and has been restored to its original beauty and glory.’
- ‘If Lottery backing is approved, a five-year project will see the grounds of the Georgian stately home restored to their former glory.’
- ‘If we are successful, we can begin to restore this once majestic ancient woodland to its former glory.’
- ‘The eventual aim is to restore Swindon's stately home to its former Georgian glory.’
- ‘The fabric of the century-old castle, built for a wealthy English industrialist, is crumbling and more than £5m needs to be spent to restore it to its former glory.’
- ‘But when the sports teams fled and the hi-tech craze bottomed out taking so many lives with it, what was left was the shell of former economic glory.’
- ‘The fountain, donated to the town in 1882 by textile giant George Courtauld, has been dismantled and taken away for renovation to be reinstated later in its former glory.’
- ‘The committee can feel proud of their efforts and this award is due recognition for the amount of hard work and time that was invested in restoring the Shrine to it's former glory so to speak.’
- ‘It is said that, Poseidon, the god of the seas, gave the sunken civilisation the power to exist and flourish beneath the sea, until it could be returned to its former glory.’
- ‘This system has been found to be the most suited for restoring to the art forms their former glory, by enabling revivals, innovations and creative elaboration.’
- ‘The owners of the building that houses the main Post Office want to spend £100,000 on restoring the town centre landmark to its former glory.’
- ‘After the recent copious rains, it has regained its past glory and filled up almost to the brim.’
magnificence, splendour, resplendence, grandeur, majesty, greatness, impressiveness, gloriousness, nobility, pomp, stateliness, sumptuousness, opulence, beauty, elegance, brilliance, gorgeousness, splendidness
wonder, beauty, delight, wonderful thing, glorious thing, marvel, phenomenon
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1. 2.1often gloriescount noun A thing that is beautiful, impressive, or worthy of praise.
  ‘the glories of Paris’
  ‘Her compositions were childish compared to the glories of baroque counterpoint.’
  ‘This is best secured by enabling people to appreciate the glories of our wildlife at first hand.’
  ‘It all adds up to a real treasure trove, and a fine summary of the glories of European cinema.’
  ‘One of the glories about the Lebanon, as we have discovered, is that you can get a taxi anywhere - as the country is so small and cheap.’
  ‘Driving north from Fort William, then west from Invergarry, the trip takes you through the glories of Glen Shiel.’
  ‘He is certainly not the first celebrity chef to traipse over the border to celebrate the glories of Scottish food.’
  ‘The artist's light fantastic works are shining examples of the glories of glass.’
  ‘Perhaps too many feel daunted by the new charging system and forgo the chance to experience the glories of the building.’
  ‘The film is full of sun-drenched vineyards and the glories of the grape.’
  ‘One of the glories of this great nation is that we have this kind of choice to make.’
  ‘The cathedral has had a choir since 1296 and music remains one of its glories.’
  ‘Gutted architectural glories, their frescoes scraped back to the stone, stable horses.’
  ‘One of the glories of cinema is its great aesthetic and cultural diversity.’
  ‘To see the glories of the ancient world, you need to visit the Egyptian Museum in the centre of Cairo.’
  ‘It must have been difficult for him to turn his back on the glories of Granada.’
  ‘Why not prepare for the heat and import some of the other glories of a Continental summer?’
  ‘Worshippers claimed that it transported them back to the mystical glories of the candlelit cathedral.’
  ‘What has a city to offer, even the fading beauty of Kyoto, in comparison to such glories?’
2. 2.2The splendour and bliss of heaven.
  ‘images of Christ in glory’
  ‘As Jesus prays, heaven's glory opens and God's Spirit-dove descends upon him.’
  ‘They experience spiritual bliss and divine glory according to their individual spiritual capacities.’
  ‘This is an example of the ways in which Satan and his followers attempt to mimic the glory and splendor of heaven in hell.’
  ‘An infinite world of heavenly glory awaits us every time we lift our hearts up to heaven to worship Jesus and receive his love.’
  ‘Every desire is either a devout or a distorted enticement to the glory of heaven.’
  ‘As God's children, we are destined for nothing less than the glory of heaven.’
  ‘The incentive of gaining glory and escaping hell - of desiring joy in heaven - is a perfectly valid and scriptural motivation.’
  ‘The only glory of which he has spoken will come in heaven, after his resurrection.’
  ‘For example, Christians generally believe that you will live in sedate glory alongside the Lord Almighty and his holy entourage in heaven.’
  ‘To give too much attention to the world was to overlook part of the glory that lay in Heaven.’
  ‘We give thanks for those whose gifts and labours have helped rebuild this holy place and to make it again an image of the glory of heaven.’
  ‘Christ comes in glory to make all creation whole and safe.’
  ‘All we can know is that we are poor lost sinners and Jesus Christ came from glory to save such.’
  ‘One side showed the resurrected Christ in full glory.’
  ‘The return of Christ in power and glory is the greatest expected future event.’
  ‘Hymns, praising the glories of heaven and the peace of all God's creatures in his halls.’
  blessedness, blessing, benediction, glory, heaven, paradise, heavenly joy, divine happiness, supreme happiness, divine rapture, beatitude, saintliness, sainthood
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3Praise, worship, and thanksgiving offered to a deity.
- ‘Adam and Eve were not only to glorify God in behavior, but they were to offer intelligent glory and praise to God.’
- ‘All thanks and praise, glory and honour, to yours at all times in every place.’
- ‘The credit, the praise, the glory, and the thanks always go to God.’
- ‘Blessing and glory and wisdom and thanksgiving and honor and power and might be to our God forever and ever!’
- ‘We are to give glory to God through worship, serving others, and in the very way in which we live our lives.’
- ‘Let us boldly proclaim and share the gospel - to the praise and glory of God alone.’
- ‘To Him all praise, glory, and honour is forever due.’
- ‘The Lord is one and his name is one; name, glory and praise!’
- ‘Then let us live to your praise and glory, for the sake of the good news of Jesus Christ.’
- ‘There is not one thing that does not give glory to Him while praising and thanking Him.’
- ‘Please pray for us as we seek God's will - to his praise and glory through the Lord Jesus Christ.’
- ‘To the One, Merciful God be praise and glory for ever.’
- ‘Only Jesus could subsequently heal me of this, and to Him goes all glory and honor and praise!’
- ‘All right, so the credit and the glory and the praise always belong to God.’
- ‘Above all, they bring most glory to God in our worship and service of Him.’
- ‘I will not give my glory to another or my praise to idols.’
- ‘‘These images inspire and challenge us to become fully human, which is the best way we can give honour and glory to God’.’
- ‘His many friends are rejoiced at the happy fruition of his vocation, and will wish him many long years in the sacred ministry to work for the honour and glory of God.’
praise, worship, glorification, adoration, veneration, honour, reverence, exaltation, extolment, homage, tribute, thanksgiving, thanks, blessing
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4count noun A luminous ring or halo, especially as depicted around the head of Christ or a saint.
- ‘Our country, our homes and even our lives are all things of shadow which will one day disappear in the light of the glory of Jesus Christ.’
- ‘The sun set in a glory, and twilight arrived with gracefully gleaming stars, and a full golden moon on the horizon.’
- ‘Contemplation of Christ's radiant glory could be taken in such a way as to point away from the suffering Christ, but this need not be so.’
- ‘Sun is the shield of the clouds, and a shining glory, and the life long sorrow of ice.’
- ‘Diffusing glory with your rays, you have scaled the shining realm of heaven.’
- ‘Colorado Plateau sandstone is nearly totemic in texture and color: voluptuously carved by wind and water, bared to a glory of sunset colors.’
- ‘Seen from space a sunrise takes on a glory all of its own, the dark shield burning like a crescent of fire-gold as the sun rose from beyond the curve of the horizon.’
- ‘Paul then became the final witness of the resurrected Christ by seeing his glory.’
- ‘Your eyes will start shining with joy; your face will have a gleam, a glory.’

verb

[no object]glory in

1Take great pride or pleasure in.
‘they gloried in their independence’
- ‘Citizens of a newly formed Protestant nation that gloried in its hard won independence from Catholic Europe, they painted not for rich nobles, but for the common man.’
- ‘Others take pride in an array of quality cookware, or glory in the grunt under the bonnet.’
- ‘In Johnson's England ambitious politicians had been cloaking themselves in patriotism since the 1730s, and George III himself had begun his reign glorying in the name of Britain.’
- ‘Political relics of the 70s are fomenting a ‘stop the tour’ wave of hysteria, glorying in the echoes of their salad days.’
- ‘It will leave you celebrating our national character and glorying in the beauty and oddness of the human spirit.’
- ‘Yet I'm feeling sad for all those who cannot glory in the beauty of Spring because their hearts are filled with despair, hatred and revenge.’
take great pleasure in, exult in, rejoice in, delight in, revel in
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1. 1.1Exult in unpleasantly or boastfully.
  ‘readers tended to defend their paper or even to glory in its bias’
  ‘He is politically incorrect, and glories in it with ecstatic gloat.’
  ‘She relished combat and gloried in opposition.’
  ‘Black-eyed and skeletal, she seemed to be almost glorying in her predicament.’
  ‘There is nothing that they want or are asking for; they just are glorying in their destructive power.’
  ‘And not that we should be glorying in that; we shouldn't.’
  rejoice at, rejoice in, take delight in, find pleasure in, take pleasure in, find satisfaction in, take satisfaction in, feel satisfaction at, find joy in, enjoy, appreciate, revel in, glory in, bask in, delight in, relish, savour, luxuriate in, wallow in
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Phrases

glory be!

1Expressing enthusiastic piety.
1. 1.1informal Used as an exclamation of surprise or delight.
2. 1.2(especially in Roman Catholic use) the doxology beginning ‘Glory be to the Father’.
  ‘Say a Hail Mary for each of the following smaller beads, and end the decade with the Glory Be.’
  ‘She still knows how to pray to her Father in heaven because the Our Father is written on her heart. Likewise, the Hail Mary and the Glory Be.’
  ‘The Glory be was prescribed at the end of Psalms by the time of St. Benedict to emphasize that the object of all praise is the Trinity.’

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’
- ‘Beware of arrogance and vanity when you bask in your glory.’
- ‘The wheels of time rolled back on the streets of the Capital on Sunday as magnificent motorcars of yesteryears basked in their glory at the annual Statesman Vintage and Classic Car Rally.’
- ‘But until then the Samurai are happy to bask in their glory.’
- ‘And we denizens of the capital would be in our glory.’
- ‘But to take him out and talk about things and show him different trees and the pool and there, I'm in my glory.’
- ‘They were fresh, still stinging in their glory and bleeding from the skin deep slits.’
- ‘I've broken a lot of records and standards and I feel happy about that - now I'm trying to bask in my glory.’
- ‘Even when I win, I really don't look at photos and bask in my glory and say, ‘Wow, I look great.’’
- ‘I was still too busy relishing in my glory to notice he was seriously in trouble.’
- ‘He should sit back and think about his career - he should bask in his glory.’
- ‘He was in his glory now, the man with all the answers.’
- ‘Just a glimmer of hope, when India could have basked in his glory.’
- ‘Not that gloating or reveling in his glory would have done him much good.’
- ‘Find a partner who can dance well, then just bask in her glory.’
- ‘Geneva had never felt so much like a queen and she basked in her glory.’
- ‘She filled out the return form and dropped it in the mailbox, then rushed back inside to bask in her glory.’
- ‘Ideologues are in their glory denouncing ‘corporate greed’ among drug companies.’