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Glory

Praise, honor, admiration, or distinction, accorded by common consent to a person or thing; high reputation; honorable fame; renown.

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Beauty 76% connected

An assemblage or graces or properties pleasing to the eye, the ear, the intellect, the aesthetic faculty, or the moral sense.

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Exuberate 76% connected

To abound; to be in great abundance.

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Exult 76% connected

To be in high spirits; figuratively, to leap for joy; to rejoice in triumph or exceedingly; to triumph; as, an exulting heart.

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Honor 76% connected

Esteem due or paid to worth; high estimation; respect; consideration; reverence; veneration; manifestation of respect or reverence.

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Honour 76% connected

a woman's virtue or chastity

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Jubilate 76% connected

The third Sunday after Easter; -- so called because the introit is the 66th Psalm, which, in the Latin version, begins with the words, "Jubilate Deo."

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Light 76% connected

That agent, force, or action in nature by the operation of which upon the organs of sight, objects are rendered visible or luminous.

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Lightness 76% connected

The state, condition, or quality, of being light or not heavy; buoyancy; levity; fickleness; nimbleness; delicacy; grace.

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Rejoice 76% connected

To feel joy; to experience gladness in a high degree; to have pleasurable satisfaction; to be delighted.

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Triumph 76% connected

A magnificent and imposing ceremonial performed in honor of a general who had gained a decisive victory over a foreign enemy.

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Exalt 74% connected

To raise high; to elevate; to lift up.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Exalt 74% connected

To raise high; to elevate; to lift up.

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Glorification 74% connected

The act of glorifyng or of giving glory to.

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Glorification 74% connected

The act of glorifyng or of giving glory to.

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Glorify 74% connected

To make glorious by bestowing glory upon; to confer honor and distinction upon; to elevate to power or happiness, or to celestial glory.

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Glorify 74% connected

To make glorious by bestowing glory upon; to confer honor and distinction upon; to elevate to power or happiness, or to celestial glory.

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Glorious 74% connected

Exhibiting attributes, qualities, or acts that are worthy of or receive glory; noble; praiseworthy; excellent; splendid; illustrious; inspiring admir…

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Glorious 74% connected

Exhibiting attributes, qualities, or acts that are worthy of or receive glory; noble; praiseworthy; excellent; splendid; illustrious; inspiring admir…

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Aura 92% connected

Any subtile, invisible emanation, effluvium, or exhalation from a substance, as the aroma of flowers, the odor of the blood, a supposed fertilizing e…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Aureole 92% connected

A celestial crown or accidental glory added to the bliss of heaven, as a reward to those (as virgins, martyrs, preachers, etc.) who have overcome the…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Glorification 92% connected

The act of glorifyng or of giving glory to.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Gloriole 92% connected

An aureole.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Halo 92% connected

A luminous circle, usually prismatically colored, round the sun or moon, and supposed to be caused by the refraction of light through crystals of ice…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Nimbus 92% connected

A circle, or disk, or any indication of radiant light around the heads of divinities, saints, and sovereigns, upon medals, pictures, etc.; a halo. Se…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Resplendence 92% connected

Alt. of Resplendency

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Resplendency 92% connected

The quality or state of being resplendent; brilliant luster; vivid brightness; splendor.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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