crowning glory

noun

The best and most notable aspect of something; the greatest achievement; the most beautiful thing.

“Her hair is her crowning glory.”

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Meanings

nouncrowning glory (plural crowning glories)

plural crowning glories

  1. The best and most notable aspect of something; the greatest achievement; the most beautiful thing.

    Her hair is her crowning glory.

    1 more example

    The crowning glory of the property developments was then built in 1927-29 as a luxury block of flats above Baker Street […]. Chiltern Court became the home of authors H G Wells and Arnold Bennett.

    2024 January 24, Stefanie Foster, “Metro-land's legacy for today's railway”, in RAIL, number 1001, pages 58-59
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APA

crowning glory. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crowning%20glory

MLA

“crowning glory.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crowning%20glory. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “crowning glory,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crowning%20glory.

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