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:

• 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.