Vainglory
Definition of vainglory:
part of speech: noun
Unwarranted pride; boastfulness.
part of speech: noun
Vain or empty glory in one's own performances: pride above desert.
part of speech: noun
Excessive vanity or pride over one's own accomplishments; satisfaction with all that pertains to oneself; vain pomp or show.
Usage examples for vainglory:
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And this, too, was vainglory
"A Child's Book of Saints", William Canton. -
But since those who practised painting were for long ignorant as to how to explain its theory, it lacked advocates for a considerable time; because it does not speak itself, but reveals itself and ends in action, and poetry ends in words, which in its vainglory it employs for self- praise.
"Thoughts on Art and Life", Leonardo da Vinci. -
And thus the Prince Bishop fell into the sin of vainglory and, though he was a holy man, he did not perceive that he had fallen, so filled with gladness was he at the sight of his completed work.
"A Child's Book of Saints", William Canton.