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Glory, Glorious

From Latin gloria, “great praise”, “honor”; the adjective form in Latin was gloriosus. Both terms descended through Old French into English around 1300, and were used to mean “magnificence” and “magnificent”. However, it’s unknown where the original Latin word gloria itself came from.

Glory and glorious give a sense of a well-rounded, wholesome energy that arises from the light of Source and serves to ignite other energies, giving rise to more such powers.

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Thanks to Patricia for suggesting this word of the day.

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  1. Patricia - Spiritual Journey Of A Lightworder Says:
    August 6th, 2007 at 3:02 pm

    Thanks Jeff, I knew I liked this word. Now I have even more reasons to use it. Have a glorious day, everybody.

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