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noun a state of high honor
noun brilliant radiant beauty
noun an indication of radiant light drawn around the head of a saint
originFrom Middle English glory, glorie, from Old French glorie (“glory”), from Latin glōria (“glory, fame, renown, praise, ambition, boasting”). Doublet of gloria. Displaced native Old English wuldor.
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