to glory

Definition of to glory in English English dictionary: Honour and valour; To boast; to be proud; Great beauty or splendour, that is so overwhelming it is considered powerful; To exult with joy; to rejoice
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.; Optical phenomenon caused by water droplets; {v} to boast, be proud of, rejoice; {n} honor, praise, fame, happiness, circle of rays; a ring or spot of light (a natural phenomenon during misty weather in the mountains of the English Lake Country); If you glory in a situation or activity, you enjoy it very much. The workers were glorying in their new-found freedom = revel; If you go out in a blaze of glory, you do something very dramatic at the end of your career or your life which makes you famous. I am never going back to prison. I am going to make national news headlines and go out in a blaze of glory. gloried glorying glories glory in to enjoy or be proud of something; 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; Pride; boastfulness; arrogance; brilliant radiant beauty; "the glory of the sunrise" a state of high honor; "he valued glory above life itself" rejoice proudly; same as Brocken specter; laglwa; (aka gloriole) The circle of radiant light around the heads or figures of God, Christ, the Virgin Mary, or a saint When it surrounds the head only, it is called a halo or nimbus When it surrounds the entire figure with a large oval it is called a mandorla, the Italian word for almond; 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; rejoice proudly; A person's glories are the occasions when they have done something people greatly admire which makes them famous. The album sees them re-living past glories but not really breaking any new ground; A fairly common, but very beautiful, atmospheric affect It is rings of color, usually 5 or 10 degrees across, seen at the antisolar point They are usually seen against a white background They are most easily seen from aircraft surrounding the shadow of the aircraft on the top layer of clouds They can also be seen against the fog with a bright sun behind you Like rainbows, the colors are caused by the water droplets in the air but the details, such as the characteristics of the polarization of the light, show that it is a different, and still unexplained, phenomenon; The glory of something is its great beauty or impressive nature. The glory of the idea blossomed in his mind; Praise, honor, admiration, or distinction, accorded by common consent to a person or thing; high reputation; honorable fame; renown; a state of high honor; "he valued glory above life itself"; The glories of a culture or place are the things that people admire most about it. a tour of Florence, to enjoy the artistic glories of the Italian Renaissance; an indication of radiant light drawn around the head of a saint; {f} exult, rejoice; Worship or praise, as in glory to God; is the delight in which goodness, greatness etc rest; Great beauty or splendour, of such overwhelmingness that it is considered powerful; The presence of the Divine Being; the manifestations of the divine nature and favor to the blessed in heaven; celestial honor; heaven; A goddess known as "the Beast " Click here for a full description; Glory is the fame and admiration that you gain by doing something impressive. Walsham had his moment of glory when he won a 20km race. we were still basking in the glory of our Championship win; An emanation of light supposed to proceed from beings of peculiar sanctity; brilliant radiant beauty; "the glory of the sunrise"; Optical phenomenon caused by water dropplets; {i} fame; honor; praise; splendor; beauty; glorie