Vainglorying

noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Vainglorious behaviour.

    "Thus Jehovah by His Almighty power and wisdom infinite wrought out of stormy turbulence and strife, and all the proud vaingloryings of war, a 'highway for the royal chariot of the Prince of Peace.'"

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of vainglory form-of, gerund, participle, present

Synonyms

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boastfulnessvanityaimamour-proprearroganceautoeroticism

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"Thus Jehovah by His Almighty power and wisdom infinite wrought out of stormy turbulence and strife, and all the proud vaingloryings of war, a 'highway for the royal chariot of the Prince of Peace.'"

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