In glory of thy fortunes.
Chapman.
4. The presence of the Divine Being; the manifestations of the divine
nature and favor to the blessed in heaven; celestial honor; heaven.
Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me to
glory.
Ps. lxxiii. 24.
5. An emanation of light supposed to proceed from beings of peculiar
sanctity. It is represented in art by rays of gold, or the like,
proceeding from the head or body, or by a disk, or a mere line.
This is the general term; when confined to the head it is properly
called nimbus; when encircling the whole body, aureola or aureole.
Glory hole, an opening in the wall of a glass furnace, exposing the
brilliant white light of the interior. Knight. -- Glory pea (Bot.), the
name of two leguminous plants (Clianthus Dampieri and C. puniceus) of
Australia and New Zeland. They have showy scarlet or crimson flowers.
-- Glory tree (Bot.), a name given to several species of the
verbenaceous genus Clerodendron, showy flowering shrubs of tropical
regions.
Glo"ry, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Gloried (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Glorying.]
[OE. glorien, OF. glorier, fr. L. gloriari, fr. gloria glory. See
Glory, n.]