GLO'RY, n. [L. gloria; planus; hence, bright, shining. Glory, then, is brightness, splendor. The L. floreo, to blossom, to flower, to flourish, is probably of the same family.]

1. Brightness; luster; splendor. The moon, serene in glory, mounts the sky. Pope. For he received from God the Father honor and glory, when there came such a voice to him from the excellent glory. 2 Pet. i. In this passage of Peter, the latter word glory refers to the visible splendor or bright cloud that overshadowed Christ at his transfiguration. The former word glory, though the same in the original, is to be understood in a figurative sense.
2. Splendor; magnificence. Solomon, in all his glory, was not arrayed like one of these. Matth. vi.
3. The circle of rays surrounding the head of a figure in painting.
4. Praise ascribed in adoration; honor. Glory to God in the highest. Luke ii.
5. Honor; praise; fame; renown; celebrity. The hero pants for glory in the field. It was the glory of Howard to relieve the wretched.
6. The felicity of heaven prepared for the children of God; celestial bliss. Thou shall guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me to glory. Ps. lxxiii.
7. In Scripture, the divine presence; or the ark, the manifestation of it. The glory is departed from Israel. 1 Sam. iv.
8. The divine perfections or excellence. The heavens declare the glory of God. Ps. xix.
9. Honorable representation of God. 1 Cor. xi. 8.
10. Distinguished honor or ornament; that which honors or makes renowned; that of which one may boast. Babylon, the glory of kingdoms. Is. xiii.
11. Pride; boastfulness; arrogance; as, vain glory.
12. Generous pride. Sidney.

1. To exult with joy; to rejoice. Glory ye in his holy name. Ps. cv. 1 Chron. xvi.
2. To boast; to be proud of. No one should glory in his prosperity. Richardson.

1. Praise, honor, admiration, or distinction, accorded by common consent to a person or thing; high reputation; honorable fame; renown.
   
   

   Glory to God in the highest. Luke ii. 14.

   Spread his glory through all countries wide. Spenser.

2. To exult with joy] to rejoice.
   
   

   Glory ye in his holy name. Ps. cv.(?)

3. That quality in a person or thing which secures general praise or honor; that which brings or gives renown; an object of pride or boast; the occasion of praise; excellency; brilliancy; splendor.
   
   

   Think it no glory to swell in tyranny. Sir P. Sidney.

   Jewels lose their glory if neglected. Shak.

   Your sex's glory 't is to shine unknown. Young.

4. To boast; to be proud.
   
   

   God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ. Gal. vi. 14

   No one . . . should glory in his prosperity. Richardson.

5. Pride; boastfulness; arrogance.
   
   

   In glory of thy fortunes. Chapman.

6. The presence of the Divine Being; the manifestations of the divine nature and favor to the blessed in heaven; celestial honor; heaven.
   
   

   Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me to glory. Ps. lxxiii. 24.

7. An emanation of light supposed to proceed from beings of peculiar sanctity. 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.
   
   

   * This is the general term; when confined to the head it is properly called nimbus; when encircling the whole body, aureola or aureole.

   Glory hole, an opening in the wall of a glass furnace, exposing the brilliant white light of the interior. Knight. -- Glory pea (Bot.), the name of two leguminous plants (Clianthus Dampieri and C. puniceus) of Australia and New Zeland. They have showy scarlet or crimson flowers. -- Glory tree (Bot.), a name given to several species of the verbenaceous genus Clerodendron, showy flowering shrubs of tropical regions.