| glory | 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. 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) 3. Pride; boastfulness; arrogance. "In glory of thy fortunes." (Chapman) 4. 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) 5. 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. <botany> Glory pea, a name given to several species of the verbenaceous genus Clerodendron, showy flowering shrubs of tropical regions. Origin: OE. Glorie, OF. Glorie, gloire, F. Gloire, fr. L. Gloria; prob. Akin to Gr, Skr. Ravas glory, praise, ru to hear. See Loud. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| morning glory | <botany> A climbing plant (Ipomoea purpurea) having handsome, funnel-shaped flowers, usually red, pink, purple, white, or variegated, sometimes pale blue. See Dextrorsal. Synonym: Ipomoea rubrocoerulea var. Praecox., Rivea corymbosa. (22 Sep 2002) |
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| morning glory anomaly | <ophthalmology, syndrome> A congenital anomaly of the optic disk in which there is a funnel-shaped hypoplastic optic nerve, which has a dot of white tissue at the centre, surrounded by an elevated anulus of chorioretinal pigment. The retinal vessels seen are multiple narrow bands at the edge of the disk. (22 Sep 2002) |
| morning glory seeds | <botany> The seeds of morning glories, Rivea corymbosa, have been used for mind-altering purposes; hallucinogenic; intoxicant. (05 Mar 2000) |
| morning glory syndrome | <ophthalmology, syndrome> A congenital anomaly of the optic disk in which there is a funnel-shaped hypoplastic optic nerve, which has a dot of white tissue at the centre, surrounded by an elevated anulus of chorioretinal pigment. The retinal vessels seen are multiple narrow bands at the edge of the disk. (22 Sep 2002) |
| glory | brilliant radiant beauty |
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| glory | an indication of radiant light drawn around the head of a saint |
| glory | a state of high honor |
| glory | rejoice proudly |
| glory | named for a country house in Barbados where it was discovered |
| glory | a small locker at the stern of a boat or between decks of a ship |
| glory | any plant of the genus Gloriosa of tropical Africa and Asia |
| glory | any of various shrubs or vines of the genus Clianthus having compound leaves and pealike red flowers in drooping racemes |
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