Glory Meaning
/ˈɡlɔː.ɹi/Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounGreat beauty and splendor.
nounHonour, admiration, or distinction, accorded by common consent to a person or thing; high reputation; renown.
Sentence Examples
Stop clinging to your glory days, or you'll be left behind.
Our soccer team was covered in glory.
Olympic glory in the 100 metres
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The ancient warriors fought bravely for honor and ____ in the great battle.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The explorer returned home in ____ after being the first person to reach the remote and uncharted island.
Word Origin & History
From Middle English glory, glorie, from Old French glorie (“glory”), from Latin glōria (“glory, fame, renown, praise, ambition, boasting”). Doublet of gloria. Displaced native Old English wuldor.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"He was thinking; but the glory of the song, the swell from the great organ, the clustered lights, […], the height and vastness of this noble fane, its antiquity and its strength—all these things seemed to have their part as causes of the thrilling emotion that accompanied his thoughts."
— 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter V, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
"One of the hidden glories of Victorian engineering is proper drains. Isolating a city’s effluent and shipping it away in underground sewers has probably saved more lives than any medical procedure except vaccination."
— 2014 June 14, “It's a gas”, in The Economist, volume 411, number 8891:
"In this faire wize they traueild long yfere,
Through many hard assayes, which did betide;
Of which he honour still away did beare,
And spred his glorie through all countries wide."
— 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto I”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, page 197:
"Deeme it no gloire to swell in tyrannie."
— c. 1580 (date written), Philippe Sidnei [i.e., Philip Sidney], “(please specify the folio)”, in [Fulke Greville; Matthew Gwinne; John Florio], editors, The Countesse of Pembrokes Arcadia [The New Arcadia], London: […] [John Windet] for William Ponsonbie, published 1590, →OCLC:
"As jewels lose their glory if neglected,
So princes their renowns if not respected."
— c. 1607–1608 (date written), William Shakespeare, [George Wilkins?], The Late, and Much Admired Play, Called Pericles, Prince of Tyre. […], London: […] [William White and Thomas Creede] for Henry Gosson, […], published 1609, →OCLC, [Act II, scene ii]:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The ancient warriors fought bravely for honor and ____ in the great battle.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The explorer returned home in ____ after being the first person to reach the remote and uncharted island.