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# glory

«glory» in Mova's school dictionary: **great fame, honour and praise won by doing something…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (glory, uncountable; glories); verb (glory, glories, gloried — glory in)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Glory is great fame, honour and praise won by doing something important or brave. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/glory/#m1)

2) (church) Glory is the great praise and worship given to God, and God's greatness and splendour. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/glory/#m2)

3) Great beauty: «the glory of the sunset». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/glory/#m3)

4) To glory in something is to enjoy it with great pride. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/glory/#m4)

5) «Glory be!» is an old exclamation of surprise, relief or thanks. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/glory/#m5)

### sense in the lessons

In stories and sport, heroes win glory; in church, people sing «Glory to God» and «Glory be to the Father». In everyday talk «glory days» are happy past times. Phrases: «in all its glory», «blaze of glory», «glory to God», «crowning glory», «glory days».

### examples

- The team won glory in the final. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/glory/#x1)
- The choir sang «Glory to God in the highest». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/glory/#x2)
- We watched the sunrise in all its glory. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/glory/#x3)
- The soldiers fought for glory. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/glory/#x4)
- Her long hair is her crowning glory. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/glory/#x5)
- He gloried in his win. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/glory/#x6)
- Grandad talks about his glory days in the football team. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/glory/#x7)

### note

Usually uncountable; plural «glories» for great things. Adjective: glorious; verb «glorify». «Glory hunter» (UK, informal) is someone who supports only winning teams.

### In the corpora

- [And there I will meet with the children of Israel; and the Tent shall be sanctified by My glory.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.884/)
- [And he said: 'Show me, I pray Thee, Thy glory.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.1001/)
- [Then the cloud covered the tent of meeting, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.1262/)
- [But in very deed, as I live — and all the earth shall be filled with the glory of the LORD —](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.543/)
- [And she said: 'The glory is departed from Israel; for the ark of God is taken.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1SA.120/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «glory» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/glory/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.