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glory
glory A biblical concept describing a fundamental experience in the relationship of God and humanity which blends within itself a variety of universal images. The English word translates the Hebrew noun kabod denoting ‘weight’ and hence ‘destruction’, and was associated with physical phenomena by which the presence of God was made known (e.g. thunder and lightning). Later it is used of God's characteristics, such as sovereignty and righteousness (Isa. 6: 1–4; 40: 4–5). In Ezekiel's vision, the glory of the Lord is said to leave Jerusalem. Later, the P source of the Pentateuch regards ‘the cloud’ as a kind of covering through which the glory shines (Exod. 24: 16–17). Thus Yahweh in the later narratives is conceived as both transcendent and having a local dwelling place in the Temple. Later still, in apocalyptic writings (e.g. 1 Enoch 14: 19–21), ‘glory’ is ascribed to the Messiah.
Another Hebrew word, Shekhinah, denoting God's accessibility to humanity without impairing his transcendence, was allied to the Hebrew kabod, and the LXX conflated them and used the word doxa. The Greek word also had an early meaning of ‘distinction’; but the OT concept of the divine brightness, splendour, sovereignty, and righteousness are signified by the word, and in so far as doxa refers to this character of God, then Jesus is that glory. What is new in the NT is that the glory (kabod, weight, destruction) is manifested in the cross (Heb. 2: 9–10, John 17: 22). Glory dwells in the Church, the temple of God (1 Pet. 2: 4–5; Eph. 2: 21–2), though it is only a foretaste of the glory to come (1 John 3: 2). It is the Church's work to glorify God, by which is meant not that we can somehow add to God's glory, but we are to recognize it and try to extend its recognition; to submit to it and render praise for it. Just as in Paul's epistles the glory is manifested in Christ's cross and resurrection (1 Cor. 2: 8), so it is also in the apostle's sufferings (2 Cor. 4: 17); and just as the apostle's tribulations are his glory, so too his converts participate in his glory (Eph. 3: 13). |
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W. R. F. BROWNING. "glory." A Dictionary of the Bible. 1997. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. W. R. F. BROWNING. "glory." A Dictionary of the Bible. 1997. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O94-glory.html W. R. F. BROWNING. "glory." A Dictionary of the Bible. 1997. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O94-glory.html |
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glo·ry / ˈglôrē/ • n. (pl. -ries) 1. high renown or honor won by notable achievements: to fight and die for the glory of one's nation. ∎ praise, worship, and thanksgiving offered to God. 2. magnificence; great beauty: the train has been restored to all its former glory. ∎ (often glories) a thing that is beautiful or distinctive; a special cause for pride, respect, or delight: the glories of Paris. ∎ the splendor and bliss of heaven: with the saints in glory. 3. a luminous ring or halo, esp. as depicted around the head of Jesus Christ or a saint. • v. [intr.] (glory in) take great pride or pleasure in: they were individuals who gloried in their independence. ∎ exult in unpleasantly or boastfully: readers tended to defend their paper or even to glory in its bias. PHRASES: glory be! expressing enthusiastic piety. ∎ inf. used as an exclamation of surprise or delight. go to glory die; be destroyed. in one's glory inf. in a state of extreme joy or exaltation. |
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"glory." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "glory." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-glory.html "glory." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-glory.html |
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glory †boastful spirit; resplendent beauty; splendour (in religious lang., of God, etc.) XIII; exalted praise or honour XIV; halo, nimbus XVII. — OF. (AN.) glorie (mod. gloire) — L. glōria.
So glory vb. exult, †boast. XIV. — L. gloriārī, f. glōria. glorify XIV. — (O)F. — ecclL. glorious XIII. — AN. glori(o)us, OF. glorieux — L. glōriōsus. |
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T. F. HOAD. "glory." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. T. F. HOAD. "glory." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-glory.html T. F. HOAD. "glory." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-glory.html |
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Glory
Glory ♀ Anglicized form of Gloria, now occasionally used as a given name.
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PATRICK HANKS, KATE HARDCASTLE, and FLAVIA HODGES. "Glory." A Dictionary of First Names. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. PATRICK HANKS, KATE HARDCASTLE, and FLAVIA HODGES. "Glory." A Dictionary of First Names. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O41-Glory.html PATRICK HANKS, KATE HARDCASTLE, and FLAVIA HODGES. "Glory." A Dictionary of First Names. 2006. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O41-Glory.html |
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Glory
Glory, see DRUM-AND-SHAFT SYSTEM.
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PHYLLIS HARTNOLL and PETER FOUND. "Glory." The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. PHYLLIS HARTNOLL and PETER FOUND. "Glory." The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O79-Glory.html PHYLLIS HARTNOLL and PETER FOUND. "Glory." The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre. 1996. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O79-Glory.html |
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•Florrie, Laurie, lorry, Macquarie, quarry, sorry, whare
•Rhodri • Godfrey • hostelry
•Coventry • quixotry
•cacciatore, Corey, dory, Florey, flory, furore, glory, gory, hoary, hunky-dory, lory, Maury, monsignori, Montessori, multistorey, Pori, Rory, satori, saury, storey, story, Tory, vainglory
•Aubrey • aumbry
•Audrey, bawdry, tawdry
•laundry
•gallimaufry, orphrey
•palfrey • paltry • outlawry • centaury
•clerestory (US clearstory)
•understorey
•cowrie, kauri, Lowry, Maori
•Cowdrey • foundry • Rowntree
•ochry (US ochery) • poultry
•coxcombry • matsuri • Kirkcudbright
•shoetree
•Hurri, potpourri
•kukri • century • penury • estuary
•residuary • augury • mercury
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"glory." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "glory." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-glory.html "glory." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-glory.html |
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