crowning glory

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crowning glory

Meaning

• the most notable and best aspect of something.
• the most important and most impressive part of what someone or something has to offer.
• the most beautiful or greatest thing.
• someone’s greatest achievement.
• an outstanding feature.
• a humorous reference to your hair.

Example Sentences

1. The palace’s crowning glory is the ballroom.
2. Her crowning glory is her hair.
3. The old cathedral is the crowning glory of the town.
4. As a filmmaker, this movie is his career’s crowning glory.
5. Her career’s crowning glory came when she was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for her amazing writing.
6. The book was to be my career’s crowning glory.
7. The producers wanted the movie to be the Titanic euphoria’s crowning glory.
8. Playing in the FA Cup final was her crowning glory as a female footballer.
9. Flower Garland is a name that is supposed to indicate the crowning glory of deep understanding.
10. The ivy that covers the outfield walls is the crowning glory.
11. Current teachings have it that the crowning glory of evolution was the human brain, but I think that a scheme for surviving is very poor.
12. The crowning glory of her career came six years later, when the Council for British Research awarded Cynthia the Royal Prize for her great work.

Origin

The phrase is thought to originate from Paul’s first letter to the Corinthians, where in Chapter 11, verse 15, he says that if a woman has long hair, it is a glory unto her. In Latin, the root word “glory” means honor or praise and also refers to God’s presence. This has been presented in religious icons and paintings as an aura or halo around the head. This has been referred to as the Shekinah or, at times, the Shekinah glory.

Beauty, Hair