EGAVE

glory

About 16.93 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun Great beauty and splendor.
  2. noun Honour, admiration, or distinction, accorded by common consent to a person or thing; high reputation; renown.
  3. noun That quality in a person or thing which secures general praise or honour.
  4. noun Worship or praise.
  5. noun An optical phenomenon, consisting of concentric rings and somewhat similar to a rainbow, caused by sunlight or moonlight interacting with the water droplets that compose mist or clouds, centered on the antisolar or antilunar point.
  6. noun Victory; success.
  7. noun An emanation of light supposed to shine from beings that are specially holy. 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.
  8. noun The manifestation of the presence of God as perceived by humans in Abrahamic religions.

Similar words

resplendency resplendence glorification aura nimbus halo splendour magnificence grandeur greatness

Often followed by

of and to in is that which be for

Word family

gloried glories glory be glorying

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