Pride, pomp, and circumstance of glorious war.
Shak.
6. Highest pitch; elevation reached; loftiness; prime; glory; as, to be
in the pride of one's life.
A falcon, towering in her pride of place.
Shak.
7. Consciousness of power; fullness of animal spirits; mettle;
wantonness; hence, lust; sexual desire; esp., an excitement of sexual
appetite in a female beast. [Obs.]
Pride of India, or Pride of China. (Bot.) See Margosa. -- Pride of the
desert (Zoˆl.), the camel.
Syn. -- Self-exaltation; conceit; hauteur; haughtiness; lordliness;
loftiness. -- Pride, Vanity. Pride is a high or an excessive esteem of
one's self for some real or imagined superiority, as rank, wealth,
talents, character, etc. Vanity is the love of being admired, praised,
exalted, etc., by others. Vanity is an ostentation of pride; but one
may have great pride without displaying it. Vanity, which is
etymologically "emptiness," is applied especially to the exhibition of
pride in superficialities, as beauty, dress, wealth, etc.
Pride, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Prided; p. pr. & vb. n. Priding.] To indulge
in pride, or self-esteem; to rate highly; to plume; -- used
reflexively. Bp. Hall.
Pluming and priding himself in all his services.
South.