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:b. Desire for fame; ambition. Obs.

:b. Desire for fame; ambition. Obs.

*2. objectively.    a. Exalted (and, in mod. use, merited) praise, honour, or admiration accorded by common consent to a person or thing; honourable fame, renown.

*2. objectively.    a. Exalted (and, in mod. use, merited) praise, honour, or admiration accorded by common consent to a [[person]] or [[thing]]; honourable fame, renown.

:b. the glory of God: the honour of God, considered as the final cause of creation, and as the highest moral aim of intelligent creatures.

:b. the '''glory''' of [[God]]: the honour of God, considered as the final cause of [[creation]], and as the highest moral aim of intelligent [[creatures]].

*3. Something that brings honour and renown; a subject for boasting; a distinguished ornament; a special distinction; a ‘boast and pride’. Also pl.

*3. Something that brings honour and renown; a subject for boasting; a distinguished ornament; a special distinction; a ‘boast and pride’. Also pl.

:b. nonce-use. Obs.

:b. nonce-use. Obs.

:c. Used as a devout ejaculation (short for Glory be to God) in the worship of various religious sects. Hence vulgarly as a mere exclamation expressive of delight. Also in form glory be!

:c. Used as a devout ejaculation (short for Glory be to God) in the [[worship]] of various religious sects. Hence vulgarly as a mere exclamation expressive of delight. Also in form glory be!

*5. In Biblical phraseology: the glory of God: the majesty and splendour attendant upon a manifestation of God.

*5. In Biblical phraseology: the glory of God: the majesty and splendour attendant upon a manifestation of God.

*6. Resplendent beauty or magnificence. Now often with suggestion of sense 5 or 7: An effulgence of light such as is associated with our conceptions of heaven; fig. an unearthly beauty attributed by imagination. Also pl., features of resplendent beauty or magnificence, splendours.

*6. Resplendent [[beauty]] or magnificence. Now often with suggestion of [[sense]] 5 or 7: An effulgence of [[light]] such as is associated with our [[concept]]ions of [[heaven]]; fig. an unearthly beauty attributed by [[imagination]]. Also pl., features of resplendent beauty or magnificence, splendours.

*7. a. The splendour and bliss of heaven. (Cf. F. la gloire éternelle.)

*7. a. The splendour and bliss of [[heaven]]. (Cf. F. la gloire éternelle.)

:b. colloq. to go to glory: to go to heaven; to die.

:b. colloq. to go to glory: to go to heaven; to die.

:b. A representation of the heavens opening and revealing celestial beings. ? Obs. (Cf. F. gloire.)

:b. A representation of the heavens opening and revealing celestial beings. ? Obs. (Cf. F. gloire.)

:c. transf. Any circle or ring of light; a halo, corona. Also, a name for the star of an order of knighthood (obs.), and spec. an anthelion or fog-bow.

:c. transf. Any circle or ring of light; a [[halo]], [[corona]]. Also, a name for the star of an order of knighthood (obs.), and spec. an anthelion or fog-bow.

:d. Bot. = CORONA 7b. Obs.

:d. Bot. = CORONA 7b. Obs.

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