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glory

noun

1 glory

A state of high honor:
— He valued glory above life itself.

synonym: glorification.

Roget 976: Deity, Divinity; Godhead, Godship; Omnipotence, Providence; Heaven (metonymically). [Quality of being divine] divineness, divinity.    God, Lord, Jehovah, ... show more

Roget 981: heaven; kingdom of heaven, kingdom of God; heavenly kingdom; throne of God; presence of God; inheritance of the saints in light.    Paradise, Eden, Zion, abode of the blessed; celestial bliss, glory.    [Mythological heaven] ... show more

Dutch: goddelijkheid, verhevenheid
Polish: aureola, gloria, nimb, chwaƂa

2 glory

Brilliant radiant beauty:
— The glory of the sunrise.

synonyms: resplendence, resplendency.

Dutch: roem, eer, glorie, pracht

3 glory

An indication of radiant light drawn around the head of a saint.

synonyms: aura, aureole, gloriole, halo, nimbus.

Roget 873: distinction, mark, name, figure; repute, reputation; good repute, high repute; note, notability, notoriety, eclat, the bubble reputation" [As You Like It], ... show more

Roget 420: light, ray, beam, stream, gleam, streak, pencil; sunbeam, moonbeam; aurora.    day; sunshine; light of day, light of heaven; ... show more

Dutch: aura, lof, aureool, nimbus
Polish: nimb, gloria, aureola

verb

1 glory

Rejoice proudly.


Moby 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 ... show more.

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