To raise one's name in later generations and thereby glorify one's parents, this is the greatest expression of filial piety.
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Glorify
//ˈɡlɔːɹɪfaɪ//
Synonyms for "glorify" (117 found)
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61 translations across 27 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- përhiroj verb (to exalt, or give glory or praise to something or someone)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- δοξάζω verb (to exalt, or give glory or praise to something or someone)
Bulgarian
4 entries- величая verb (to worship or extol)
- превъзнасям verb (to worship or extol)
- прославям verb (to exalt, or give glory or praise to something or someone)
- славя verb (to exalt, or give glory or praise to something or someone)
Catalan
1 entries- glorificar verb (to exalt, or give glory or praise to something or someone)
Dutch
2 entries- vereren verb (to exalt, or give glory or praise to something or someone)
- verheerlijken verb (to exalt, or give glory or praise to something or someone)
Faroese
1 entries- æra verb (to exalt, or give glory or praise to something or someone)
Finnish
3 entries- kaunistella verb (to make something appear to be more glorious than it is)
- palvoa verb (to worship or extol)
- ylistää verb (to exalt, or give glory or praise to something or someone)
French
1 entries- glorifier verb (to exalt, or give glory or praise to something or someone)
Galician
2 entries- glorificar verb (to exalt, or give glory or praise to something or someone)
- glorificar verb (to make something appear to be more glorious than it is)
German
4 entries- anbeten verb (to worship or extol)
- glorifizieren verb (to make something appear to be more glorious than it is)
- verherrlichen verb (to exalt, or give glory or praise to something or someone)
- verklären verb (to make something appear to be more glorious than it is)
Gothic
1 entries- 𐌷𐌰𐌿𐌷𐌾𐌰𐌽 verb (to exalt, or give glory or praise to something or someone)
Greek
1 entries- δοξάζω verb (to exalt, or give glory or praise to something or someone)
Irish
2 entries- glóirigh verb (to exalt, or give glory or praise to something or someone)
- mór verb (to exalt, or give glory or praise to something or someone)
Italian
1 entries- glorificare verb (to exalt, or give glory or praise to something or someone)
Japanese
2 entries- 美化する verb (to make something appear to be more glorious than it is)
- 褒める verb (to exalt, or give glory or praise to something or someone)
Luxembourgish
1 entries- verherrlechen verb (to exalt, or give glory or praise to something or someone)
Māori
1 entries- whakakorōria verb (to exalt, or give glory or praise to something or someone)
Old English
1 entries- wuldrian verb (to exalt, or give glory or praise to something or someone)
Old Irish
1 entries- ad·amraigedar verb (to exalt, or give glory or praise to something or someone)
Polish
4 entries- gloryfikować verb (to exalt, or give glory or praise to something or someone)
- gloryfikować verb (to make something appear to be more glorious than it is)
- wysławiać verb (to exalt, or give glory or praise to something or someone)
- wysławić verb (to exalt, or give glory or praise to something or someone)
Romanian
1 entries- glorifica verb (to make something appear to be more glorious than it is)
Russian
4 entries- боготвори́ть verb (to worship or extol)
- восхвали́ть verb (to exalt, or give glory or praise to something or someone)
- восхваля́ть verb (to exalt, or give glory or praise to something or someone)
- поклоня́ться verb (to worship or extol)
Slovene
4 entries- opevati verb (to exalt, or give glory or praise to something or someone)
- poveličevati verb (to exalt, or give glory or praise to something or someone)
- poveličevati verb (to make something appear to be more glorious than it is)
- slaviti verb (to exalt, or give glory or praise to something or someone)
Spanish
2 entries- glorificar verb (to exalt, or give glory or praise to something or someone)
- glorificar verb (to make something appear to be more glorious than it is)
Swedish
4 entries- förhärliga verb (to make something appear to be more glorious than it is)
- glorifiera verb (to exalt, or give glory or praise to something or someone)
- glorifiera verb (to make something appear to be more glorious than it is)
- prisa verb (to exalt, or give glory or praise to something or someone)
Ukrainian
2 entries- просла́вити verb (to exalt, or give glory or praise to something or someone)
- прославля́ти verb (to exalt, or give glory or praise to something or someone)
Volapük
2 entries- Godiglorükön verb (to worship or extol)
- glorükön verb (to exalt, or give glory or praise to something or someone)
Sample sentences
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Glorify the ocean, but stay on the ground.
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There are economic systems that don't glorify money.
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We glorify your resurrection, O Lord.
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