1. Célébrité.
2. Prestige. Une gloire méritée.
3. Honneur. Pour la gloire.
4. Personne de grand renom. Une gloire du barreau.
ETYM Latin eminentia, from eminens eminent: cf. French éminence.
High status importance owing to marked superiority; SYN. distinction, preeminence, note.
ETYM Old Fren. fame, Latin fama, from fari to speak.
1. Favorable public reputation.
2. The state or quality of being widely honored and acclaimed; SYN. celebrity, renown.
1. Fineness; beauty.
2. Ornament; decoration; especially, excecially decoration; showy clothes; jewels.
ETYM Old Eng. glorie, Old Fren. glorie, gloire, French gloire, from Latin gloria; prob. akin to Greek kleos, Skr. çravas glory, praise, çru to hear. Related to Loud.
1. A state of high honor; SYN. glorification.
2. Brilliant radiant beauty; SYN. resplendence, resplendency.
ETYM Old Eng. magestee, French majesté, Latin majestas, from an old compar. of magnus great. Related to Major, Master.
1. A sovereign power, especially a monarch.
2. A title used to address a sovereign power, especially a monarch.
3. Grandeur; nobility of spirit, or inspiring a sense of awe.
ETYM French renom. Related to Noun, Renown.
1. The state of being much known and talked of; exalted reputation derived from the extensive praise of great achievements or accomplishments; fame; celebrity.
2. Report of nobleness or exploits; praise.
The status of being acknowledged as a star: