- VANITY is put for Vain-glory, or Pride, which makes Men entertain a great Opinion of themselves, to boast, or be selfconceited. Psal. cxix. 37. 2 Pet. ii. 18.For example, Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity: And They speak great swelling words of vanity: Superba vanitatis loquentes.
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Vanity (1)
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