Meanings
verb
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of vainglory
nounvainglorying (plural vaingloryings)
plural vaingloryings
- Vainglorious behaviour.
Thus Jehovah by His Almighty power and wisdom infinite wrought out of stormy turbulence and strife, and all the proud vaingloryings of war, a 'highway for the royal chariot of the Prince of Peace.'
1871, Robert Seager, The mansions, halls, and palaces of Heaven
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vainglorying. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vainglorying
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