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foreglory

noun

Etymology

From fore- + glory.

  1. derived from glōria — “glory, fame, renown, praise, ambition, boasting”
  2. derived from glorie — “glory”
  3. inherited from glory
  4. prefixed as foreglory — “fore + glory”

Definitions

  1. Glory in advance or occurring ahead of time

    • It is the Phœnix of fore-glories Embers: Patience her wing, Heaven is her amount, [...]
    • And be it mine at close of life; / This rapture giv'n, / whate'er befell, / Of yesterdays unfilled with strife, — / This gleam of the Unlived to lend / Foreglory.
    • Flooding with fore-glory the pages of the Book they all point forward to one focal spot of splendor upon God's horizon of the end-time upon which all eyes are centered.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA