glory vs honorable mention

glory

noun
  • That quality in a person or thing which secures general praise or honour. 

  • The manifestation of the presence of God as perceived by humans in Abrahamic religions. 

  • Victory; success. 

  • Great beauty and splendor. 

  • An optical phenomenon, consisting of concentric rings and somewhat similar to a rainbow, caused by sunlight or moonlight interacting with the water droplets that compose mist or clouds, centered on the antisolar or antilunar point. 

  • Honour, admiration, or distinction, accorded by common consent to a person or thing; high reputation; renown. 

  • An emanation of light supposed to shine from beings that are specially holy. It is represented in art by rays of gold, or the like, proceeding from the head or body, or by a disk, or a mere line. 

  • Worship or praise. 

verb
  • To exult with joy; to rejoice. 

  • To boast; to be proud. 

honorable mention

noun
  • An award or recognition given to a person or thing who does not make it to a higher standing but whose performance or entry was noteworthy. 

How often have the words glory and honorable mention occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )