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• glory — gloryingly, adv. /glawr ee, glohr ee/, n., pl. glories, adj., v., gloried, glorying, interj. n. 1. very great praise, honor, or distinction bestowed by common consent; renown: to win glory on the field of battle. 2. something that is a source of… …   Universalium

• glory — n. & v. n. (pl. ies) 1 high renown or fame; honour. 2 adoring praise and thanksgiving (Glory to the Lord). 3 resplendent majesty or magnificence; great beauty (the glory of Versailles; the glory of the rose). 4 a thing that brings renown or… …   Useful english dictionary

• glory — /ˈglɔri / (say glawree) noun (plural glories) 1. exalted praise, honour, or distinction, accorded by common consent: paths of glory. 2. something that makes honoured or illustrious; a distinguished ornament; an object of pride. 3. adoring praise… …  

• glory — glo•ry [[t]ˈglɔr i, ˈgloʊr i[/t]] n. pl. ries, 1) very great praise, honor, or distinction bestowed by common consent; renown 2) something that is a source of honor, fame, or admiration; an object of pride: one of the glories of English… …   From formal English to slang

• Jaap Sahib — is the morning prayer of the Sikhs. The Prayer or Bani was composed by the tenth Sikh Master, Guru Gobind Singh. This Bani is one of 5 Banis that a Sikh must recite everyday and is recited by the Panj Pyare while preparing Amrit on the occasion… …   Wikipedia

• France — /frans, frahns/; Fr. /frddahonns/, n. 1. Anatole /ann nann tawl /, (Jacques Anatole Thibault), 1844 1924, French novelist and essayist: Nobel prize 1921. 2. a republic in W Europe. 58,470,421; 212,736 sq. mi. (550,985 sq. km). Cap.: Paris. 3.… …   Universalium

• THRONE OF GOD — The vision of God sitting on a throne (kisse) is described by several prophets, among them Micaiah (I Kings 22:19), Isaiah (Isa. 6), Ezekiel (Ezek. 1), and Daniel (Dan. 7:9). Talmudic and midrashic sources developed this theme further, and it… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• Florence — /flawr euhns, flor /, n. 1. Italian, Firenze. a city in central Italy, on the Arno River: capital of the former grand duchy of Tuscany. 464,425. 2. a city in NW Alabama, on the Tennessee River. 37,029. 3. a city in E South Carolina. 30,062. 4. a… …   Universalium

• Seraph — A seraph (Heb. שׂרף, pl. שׂרפים Seraphim , lat. seraph [us] , pl. seraphi [m] ) is one of a class of celestial beings mentioned once in the Hebrew Bible (Tanakh or Old Testament), in Isaiah . Later Jewish imagery perceived them as having human… …   Wikipedia

• List of national anthems — Rouget de Lisle, the composer of the French national anthem La Marseillaise, sings it for the first time. The anthem is the second earliest to be adopted by a state, in 1795. Most nations have anthems, defined as a song, as of praise, devotion,… …   Wikipedia

• Cato the Elder — Marcus Porcius Cato Maior, Cato the Elder Marcus Porcius Cato[1] (234 BC, Tusculum – 149 BC) was a Roman statesman, commonly referred to as Censorius (the Censor), Sapiens (the Wise), Priscus (the Ancient), or Major, Cato the El …   Wikipedia