Definitions for glories
glories
glo·ry
Spelling: [glawr-ee, glohr-ee]
IPA: /ˈglɔr i, ˈgloʊr i/
Glories is a 7 letter English word.
It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points.
It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.
You can make 222 anagrams from letters in glories (egilors).
Definitions for glories
noun
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very great praise, honor, or distinction bestowed by common consent; renown:
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something that is a source of honor, fame, or admiration; a distinguished ornament or an object of pride:
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adoring praise or worshipful thanksgiving:
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resplendent beauty or magnificence:
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a state of great splendor, magnificence, or prosperity.
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a state of absolute happiness, gratification, contentment, etc.:
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the splendor and bliss of heaven; heaven.
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a ring, circle, or surrounding radiance of light represented about the head or the whole figure of a sacred person, as Christ or a saint; a halo, nimbus, or aureole.
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anticorona.
Idioms
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glory days / years, the time of greatest achievement, popularity, success, or the like:
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go to glory, to die.
Also, go to one's glory.
interjection
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Also, glory be. Glory be to God (used to express surprise, elation, wonder, etc.).
verb (used without object)
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to exult with triumph; rejoice proudly (usually followed by in):
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Obsolete. to boast.
Origin of glories
1300-50; Middle English Old French glorie Latin glōria
Examples for glories
It was a cathartic moment for the brand, though far from a guarantee to help restore it to its glory days.
They appear to see not atrocities but adventure, not gore but glory.
She had no real notion yet of what is meant by the glory of God.
Voices were raised saying we had to look to our past for the greatness and glory.
There is one final lesson to learn before he crosses the threshold from darkness to glory.
To get it all you must live there, to be interpenetrated by its glory of decay.
It was his glory that he could sacrifice it at the call of duty.
If only they had been able to live up to the glory of presidential progress!
Ireland had proved the glory of Mr. Gladstone's administration.
But can a rap industry giant return to glory if no one is listening?