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Gloria in Excelsis Deo
[ glawr-ee-uh in ek-sel-sis dey-oh, glohr- ]
noun
- the hymn beginning, in Latin, Gloria in Excelsis Deo, “Glory in the highest to God,” and in the English version, “Glory be to God on high.”
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Origin of Gloria in Excelsis Deo1
literally: glory to God in the highest
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