A high or overweening opinion of one's own qualities, attainments, or estate, which gives rise to a feeling and attitude of superiority over and contempt for others; inordinate self-esteem.
 Personified, esp. as the first of the seven deadly sins.
 
examples:
     1420 Lydg. Assembly of Gods 621 Pryde was the furst þat next hym roode, God woote, On a roryng lyon;

     1606 Dekker Sev. Sinnes ii. (Arb.) 22 Because Pride is the Queene of Sinnes, thou hast chosen her to be thy Concubine.

     1870 Longf. Tales Wayside Inn ii. Bell of Atri, Pride goeth forth on horseback grand and gay, But cometh back on foot, and begs its
     way.
    1590 Spenser F.Q. i. i. 7 Loftie trees, yclad with sommers pride.

Pride as perceived in The Farie Queene:

    Duessa represents the first of the seven deadly sins.  She is Pride.  Pride arrives in a royal state glittered with gold and other fine things.  Spenser compares Pride to  a Pecock.  The Peacock signifies pride because of their glorous tails in which they show off to the world.