glorious

«glorious» in Mova's judaism dictionary: Very beautiful and wonderful to see or feel: a glorious… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adjective (glorious, more glorious, most glorious)

meaning for a pupil

1) Very beautiful and wonderful to see or feel: a glorious sunset. tree →

2) (of weather) Bright, sunny and warm: a glorious day. tree →

3) Bringing great fame, honour and praise: a glorious victory. tree →

4) (informal) Very enjoyable: we had a glorious time. tree →

sense in the lessons

Interpretation: Tradition reads "glorious and awful Name" as showing great respect for God's name. For that reason the name is not said aloud in the usual way. In the primary lessons: In everyday British and Irish talk «glorious weather» is a happy remark about sunshine. In history and poetry it describes famous victories and brave deeds; in stories and descriptive writing it is a strong word for beauty. Phrases: glorious sunshine, a glorious day, glorious victory, the Glorious Twelfth.

examples

• Thy right hand, O LORD, glorious in power, Thy right hand, O LORD, dasheth in pieces the enemy. (Torah EXO.15.6, JPS 1917) tree →
• Who is like unto Thee, O LORD, among the mighty? who is like unto Thee, glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders? (Torah EXO.15.11, JPS 1917) tree →
• If thou wilt not observe to do all the words of this law that are written in this book, that thou mayest fear this glorious and awful Name, the LORD thy God; (Torah DEU.28.58, JPS 1917) tree →
• Glorious things are spoken of Thee, O city of God. (Writings PSA.87.3, JPS 1917) tree →
• Now therefore, our God, we thank Thee, and praise Thy glorious name. (Writings 1CH.29.13, JPS 1917) tree →
• Sing praises unto the glory of His name; make His praise glorious. (Writings PSA.66.2, JPS 1917) tree →
• What a glorious sunny day for the beach! tree →
• The sunset over the sea was glorious. tree →
• The team won a glorious victory in the final. tree →
• We had a glorious time at Gran's farm. tree →
• The gardens are glorious in spring. tree →
• The poem tells of glorious deeds by brave knights. tree →
• The weather forecast promised glorious sunshine for sports day. tree →
• “That's glorious fun!” said the sprite. tree →

note

Adjective from «glory» (y → i + -ous). Adverb: gloriously. Strong word: use it for really great things, or it loses its power. Do not mix with «glamorous» (stylish and attractive).

In the corpora

• Thy right hand, O LORD, glorious in power, Thy right hand, O LORD, dasheth in pieces the enemy.
• The LORD was pleased, for His righteousness' sake, to make the teaching great and glorious.
• That caused His glorious arm to go at the right hand of Moses?
• O LORD, our Lord, how glorious is Thy name in all the earth! whose majesty is rehearsed above the heavens.
• O LORD, our Lord, how glorious is Thy name in all the earth!

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «glorious» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.