Glory

glō′ri, n. renown: honour: the occasion of praise: an object of pride: excellency: splendour: brightne : in religious symbolism, a combination of the nimbus and the aureola, but often erroneously used for the nimbus: a burst of sunlight: a luminous glow of reflected light upon clouds: vain-glory: ( B. ) the presence of God: the manifestation of God to the ble ed in heaven: heaven.— v.i. to boast: to be proud of anything: to exult:— pa.p. glō′ried. — adj. Glō′ried ( Milt. ), illustrious, honourable.— ns. Glō′riole , a halo or glory; Gloriō′sa , a genus of Liliaceæ , of which the best-known species, a native of India, is a herbaceous perennial, with beautiful red and yellow flowers.— adj. Glō′rio us , noble, splendid: conferring renown: ( coll. ) elated, tipsy.— adv. Glō′riously .— ns. Glō′riousne ; Glō′ry-hole , an opening through which to see the inside of a furnace: a place for concealing articles of value; Glō′rying , boasting; Glō′ry-pea , a leguminous Australian plant with red flowers. [O. Fr. glorie —L. gloria (for cloria ), akin to clarus , from root of L. cluēre , Gr. klu-ein , to be famed; Eng. loud .]