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Webster 1913 Edition


Gloriation

Gloˊri-a′tion

,
Noun.
[L.
gloriatio
, from
gloriari
to glory, boast, fr.
gloria
glory. See
Glory
,
Noun.
]
Boast; a triumphing.
[Obs.]
Bp. Richardson.
Internal
gloriation
or triumph of the mind.
Hobbes.

Webster 1828 Edition


Gloriation

GLORIA'TION

,
Noun.
[L. gloriatio.] Boast; a triumphing. [Not used.]

Definition 2024


gloriation

gloriation

English

Noun

gloriation (countable and uncountable, plural gloriations)

  1. (obsolete) A boast; a triumphing.
    • Thomas Hobbes
      Glory, or internal gloriation or triumph of the mind, is the passion which proceedeth from the imagination or conception of our own power above the power of him that contendeth with us []