Meanings
- indicativepresentsingularthird personthird-person singular simple present indicative of glory
He says he glories in what happened, and that good may be done indirectly; but I wish he would not so wear himself out now he is getting old, and would leave such pigs to their wallowing.
1891, Thomas Hardy, Tess of the d'Urbervilles
- pluralplural of glory
Shaoyang, in the southwest of central China's Hunan province, is an almost forgotten city despite past glories in a history spanning more than 25 centuries, dating back to the Spring and Autumn period.
2012 June 16, Shi Jiangtao, “Stubborn courage of Shaoyang dissidents”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 19 Jan 2014, Latest
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