<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>very great praise, honor, or distinction bestowed by common consent; renown: to win glory on the field of battle.</li><li>Synonyms: celebrity, eminence, fame</li><li>Antonyms: obloquy, disgrace</li><li>something that is a source of honor, fame, or admiration; a distinguished ornament or an object of pride: a sonnet that is one of the glories of English poetry.</li><li>adoring praise or worshipful thanksgiving: Give glory to God.</li><li>resplendent beauty or magnificence: the glory of autumn.</li><li>Synonyms: refulgence, effulgence, brilliance</li><li>a state of great splendor, magnificence, or prosperity.</li><li>a state of absolute happiness, gratification, contentment, etc.: She was in her glory when her horse won the Derby.</li><li>the splendor and bliss of heaven; heaven.</li><li>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.</li><li>anticorona.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>(used without object) gloried, glorying. to exult with triumph; rejoice proudly (usually followed by in): Their father gloried in their success.</li><li>Obsolete: to boast.</li></ul><p><strong>Interjection</strong></p><ul><li>Also glory be. Glory be to God (used to express surprise, elation, wonder, etc.).</li></ul>