Results for vainglory

Definitions of vainglory:

part of speech: noun

Vain or empty glory in one's own performances: pride above desert.

part of speech: noun

Self- pride; excessive pride of one's own performances.

part of speech: noun

Excessive vanity or pride over one's own accomplishments; satisfaction with all that pertains to oneself; vain pomp or show.

Usage examples for vainglory:

• Go forth, thou groper after vainglory kennel with the swine! "Little Novels of Italy Madonna Of The Peach-Tree, Ippolita In The Hills, The Duchess Of Nona, Messer Cino And The Live Coal, The Judgment Of Borso", Maurice Henry Hewlett

• 2: 5- 8. Be thou, therefore, O sinful and wretched creature, ashamed of that pride, vainglory and self- love, which have taken possession of thy heart. "True Christianity", Johann Arndt

• Mrs. March started with proud conjecture of one of those noble international marriages which fill our women with vainglory for such of their compatriots as make them. "Their Silver Wedding Journey", William Dean Howells