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Celebration; solemnization. [Obs.] The celebrity of the marriage. Bacon.

Want of celebrity or distinction; obscurity. [R.] Coleridge.

Having celebrity; distinguished; renowned. Celebrated for the politeness of his manners. Macaulay.

condition among men; a place or station above men in general, either in rank, office, or celebrity; social or moral loftiness; high rank; distinction; preferment. Milton. You 've too a woman's heart, which ever yet Affected eminence, wealth, sovereignty. Shak.

Report or opinion generally diffused; renown; public estimation; celebrity, either favorable or unfavorable; as, the fame of Washington. I find thou art no less than fame hath bruited. Shak.

Not glorious; not bringing honor or glory; not accompanied with fame, honor, or celebrity; obscure; humble; as, an inglorious life of ease. Shak. My next desire is, void of care and strife, To lead a soft, secure, inglorious life. Dryden. Some mute inglorious Milton here may rest. Gray.

utation derived from the extensive praise of great achievements or accomplishments; fame; celebrity; -- always in a good sense. Nor envy we Thy great renown, nor grudge thy victory. Dryden.