VAINGLORY
\vˈe͡ɪŋɡləɹˌi], \vˈeɪŋɡləɹˌi], \v_ˈeɪ_ŋ_ɡ_l_ə_ɹ_ˌi]\
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Excessive vanity or pride over one's own accomplishments; satisfaction with all that pertains to oneself; vain pomp or show.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
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Unwarranted pride; boastfulness.
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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Procollagen Proline Dioxygenase
- mixed-function oxygenase that catalyzes hydroxylation prolyl-glycyl-containing-peptide, usually in protocollagen, hydroxyprolylglycyl-peptide. The enzyme utilizes molecular oxygen with a concomitant oxidative decarboxylation of 2-oxoglutarate to succinate. EC 1.14.11.2.