vainglory

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

VAINGLO'RY, noun [vain and glory.] Exclusive vanity excited by one's own performances; empty pride; undue elation of mind. He hath nothing of vainglory Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory Philippians 2:3.
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