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Glo⋅ri⋅a

  [glawr-ee-uh, glohr-]
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–noun
1. Liturgy.
a. Gloria in Excelsis Deo.
b. Gloria Patri.
c. the response Gloria tibi, Domine, “Glory be to Thee, O Lord.”
2. (lowercase) a repetition of one of these.
3. (lowercase) a musical setting for one of these.
4. (lowercase) a halo, nimbus, or aureole, or an ornament in imitation of one.
5. (lowercase) a fabric of silk, cotton, nylon, or wool for umbrellas, dresses, etc., often with a filling of cotton warp and yarn of other fiber.
6. a female given name.
Origin:
1150–1200; ME < L; see glory
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Glo·ri·a   (glôr'ē-ə, glōr'-)   
n.  

    1. A Latin doxology beginning with the words Gloria Patri.

    2. A Latin doxology that is the second item of the Ordinary of the Roman Catholic Mass and begins with the words Gloria in excelsis Deo.

  2. A musical setting for either of these doxologies.

  3. gloria A halo or nimbus.


[Middle English, from Late Latin Glōria, from Latin glōria, glory.]
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Word Origin & History

gloria 
c.1420, from M.L. gloria in "Gloria Patri," hymn praising god (and similar hymns), from L. gloria "glory."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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