glory
/ˈɡloɹ.i/ noun B1- Great beauty and splendor.
- Honour, admiration, or distinction, accorded by common consent to a person or thing; high reputation; renown.
- That quality in a person or thing which secures general praise or honour.
- Worship or praise.
- An optical phenomenon, consisting of concentric rings and somewhat similar to a rainbow, caused by sunlight or moonlight interacting with the water droplets that compose mist or clouds, centered on the antisolar or antilunar point.
- Victory; success.
- An emanation of light supposed to shine from beings that are specially holy. It is represented in art by rays of gold, or the like, proceeding from the head or body, or by a disk, or a mere line.
- The manifestation of the presence of God as perceived by humans in Abrahamic religions.
Plural glories
From the library
“Because if you did not wear spectacles the brightness and glory of the Emerald City would blind you.
But in calling Moriarty a criminal you are uttering libel in the eyes of the law—and there lie the glory and the wonder of it!
But the glory kept shining and bright in my eyes,
They must never hope for glory--
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