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Glorified

Definition: Glorified

Glorified

Adjective

1. Accorded sacrosanct or authoritative standing.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "glorified" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references)

 

Synonyms: Glorified

Synonyms: canonised (adj), canonized (adj). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Glorified

English words defined with "glorified": glorifyHaloed. (references)
Specialty definitions using "glorified": Baptism for the deadDestructivespoint of sale terminalReal Programmers Don't Use Pascal. (references)
Etymologies containing "glorified": Glorify. (references)

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Modern Usage: Glorified

DomainUsage

Screenplays

I'm just a glorified extra, Fred (Galaxy Quest; writing credit: David Howard)

A glorified bricklayer (Buffy the Vampire Slayer; writing credit: Doreen Spicer)

The glorified bricklayer picks up a spare (Buffy the Vampire Slayer; writing credit: Doreen Spicer)

Family? They're a glorified crew (The Sopranos; writing credit: Isabel Clara-Simo; Ramón De España)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Glorified

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Books

  • Christian Hymns Observed: When in Our Music God Is Glorified (reference)

  • First Corinthians 12: Anointed, Filled, Glorified (Exegetical Commentary Series) (reference)

  • God Glorified In The Work Of Redemption (Notable American Authors) (reference)

  • Horrified and the Glorified (reference)

  • Prairie Cooks: Glorified Rice, Three-Day Buns, and Other Recipes and Reminiscences (reference)

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Music

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Photo Album: Glorified

ThumbnailDescription & Credit

Glorified hamburgers, Lincoln, Nebraska. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Familiar Quotations: Glorified

AuthorQuotation

E. H. Chapin

The brightest crowns that are worn in heaven have been tried, and smelted, and polished, and glorified through the furnace of tribulation.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Speeches: Glorified

SpeakerTermPhrase(s)

Warren G. Harding

1921-1923We have seen civil, human, and religious liberty verified and glorified.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Usage Frequency: Glorified

"Glorified" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 65.96% of the time. "Glorified" is used about 94 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)65.96%6242,755
Lexical Verb (past participle)19.15%1882,615
Lexical Verb (past tense)14.89%1493,893
                    Total100.00%94N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Expressions: Glorified

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

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13

glorified rice

11

glorified recipe rice

7

glorified lyrics

6

g glorified jam lyrics pearl

3

chord glorified

2

body glorified

2

g glorified

2
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Modern Translation: Glorified

Language Translations for "glorified"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Arabic 

  

‏مفخم (dignified, esteemed, exalted, extolled, honored, honoured), ‏مبجل (dignified, distinguished, esteemed, honorable, honourable, reverend, reverent, venerable). (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

赞美了. (various references)

   

French

  

glorifié. (various references)

   

German

  

verherrlicht (glamorizes, glorifies), verhimmelte, verherrlichte (exalted, glamorized). (various references)

   

Manx

  

gloyrit. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

orifiedglay.(various references)

   

Romanian

  

slãvit (celebrated, famous, glorious, renowned). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

glorifikovan. (various references)

   

Swedish

  

förklarad (declared). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

kaliteli (choice, classic, high-toned, jammy, of good quality, of high quality, pukka, qualified, wire-wove). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Bible Trace: Glorified

LanguageDateSourceLuke Chapter 4, Verse 15
Greek (transliterated)250 BCSeptuagintKai autoV edidasken en taiV sunagwgaiV autwn doxazomenoV upo pantwn
Latin405VulgateEt ipse docebat in synagogis eorum et magnificabatur ab omnibus
Old English990West SaxonAnd he lærde be hyra gesamnungum. and wæs fram eallum gemærsod;
Middle English1395WyclifAnd he tauyte in the synagogis of hem, and was magnyfied of alle men.
Renaissance English1526TyndaleAnd he taught in their synagoges and was commended of all men.
Jacobean English1611King JamesAnd he taught in their synagogues, being glorified of all.
Victorian English1833WebsterAnd he taught in their synagogues, being glorified by all.
Basic English1964OgdenAnd he was teaching in their Synagogues and all men gave him praise.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Matched Bible Translations: Glorified

LanguageLuke Chapter 4, Verse 15
CebuanoUg siya nanudlo sulod sa ilang mga sinagoga, ug gidalayeg siya sa tanan.
Chinese他 在 各 會 堂 裡 教 訓 人 、 眾 人 都 稱 讚 他 。
CroatianI slavljen od sviju, nauèavaše po njihovim sinagogama.
DanishOg selv lærte han i deres Synagoger og blev prist af alle.
DutchEn Hij leerde in hun synagogen, en werd van allen geprezen.
FinnishJa hän opetti heidän synagoogissaan, ja kaikki ylistivät häntä.
FrenchIl enseignait dans les synagogues, et il était glorifié par tous.
GermanUnd er lehrte in ihren Schulen und ward von jedermann gepriesen.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hariIa mengajar di rumah-rumah ibadat, dan semua orang memuji Dia.
Indonesian-Terjemahan LamaLalu Ia mengajar di dalam segala rumah sembahyang mereka itu, dan sekalian orang pun memuji Dia.
ItalianInsegnava nelle loro sinagoghe e tutti ne facevano grandi lodi.
Manx GaelicAs dynsee eh ayns ny kialteenyn oc, as v'eh ayns ard-voylley rish y theay.
MaoriKa whakaako ia i roto i o ratou whare karakia, me te whakakororia te katoa i a ia.
NorwegianOg han lærte i deres synagoger, og blev prist av alle.
PortugueseEnsinava nas sinagogas deles, e por todos era louvado.   
RumanianEl knvqya pe oameni kn sinagogile lor, wi era slqvit de toyi.
RussianпО ХЮЙМ Ч УЙОБЗПЗБИ ЙИ, Й ПФ ЧУЕИ ВЩМ РТПУМБЧМСЕН.
ShuarNu nunkanam Ashí péprunam Israer-shuar iruntai jea armia nui unuiniarmiayi. Tura anturkarmia nuka ni Náarin shiir awajsarmiayi.
SpanishÉl enseñaba en las sinagogas de ellos, y era glorificado por todos.
SwahiliNaye akawa anawafundisha watu katika masunagogi yao, akasifiwa na wote.
SwedishOch han undervisade i deras synagogor och blev prisad av alla.
UmaMetudui' -i hi tomi-tomi posampayaa to Yahudi, pai' hawe'ea tauna mpo'une' -i.

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Rhyming with "Glorified"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "glorified" (pronounced glô"rufī'd)
6-ô" r u f ī' dhorrified.
5-r u f ī' dclarified, electrified, gentrified, petrified, purified, terrified, unverified, verified.
4-u f ī' dacidified, amplified, calcified, certified, classified, codified, crucified, decertified, Declassified, dignified, justified, liquefied, magnified, disqualified, diversified, exemplified, falsified, fortified, gratified, identified, indemnified, intensified, misidentified, modified, mollified, mortified, mummified, mystified, notified, nullified, ossified, overqualified, oversimplified, pacified, personified, qualified, quantified, ratified, reclassified, rectified, reunified, signified, simplified, solidified, specified, stratified, testified, typified, unclassified, undignified, unidentified, unified, unjustified, unqualified, unspecified.
3-f ī' ddissatisfied, satisfied, sulfide, unsatisfied.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Glorified

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "d-e-f-g-i-i-l-o-r"

-2 letters: firedog, gloried, godlier.

-3 letters: florid, fodgel, foiled, folder, forged, fridge, frigid, gilder, girdle, girlie, glider, golder, golfed, golfer, lodger, logier, oilier, refold, regild, ridgel, ridgil, rifled, roiled, rolfed.

-4 letters: defog, dirge, dogie, felid, fidge, field, filed, filer, fiord, fired, flied, flier, fogie, forge, fried, gelid, geoid, glide, gofer, gored, gride, grief, idler, lifer.

 Words containing the letters "d-e-f-g-i-i-l-o-r"
 

+3 letters: interfolding.

 

+4 letters: deformalizing, resolidifying.

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