glory

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glo|ry /gl'ɔːri/ (glories glorying gloried)
1 [N-UNCOUNT]
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.
2 [N-PLURAL] with supp
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.
3 [N-UNCOUNT] with poss, usu the N of n
The glory of something is its great beauty or impressive nature.
The glory of the idea blossomed in his mind.
4 [N-COUNT] usu pl, with supp, usu the N of n
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...
5 [VERB] V in n
If you glory in a situation or activity, you enjoy it very much.
The workers were glorying in their new-found freedom...
= revel
6 [PHRASE] oft in PHR
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.

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