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Gloria

[ glawr-ee-uh, glohr- ]

noun

  1. Liturgy.
    1. 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.


Gloria

1

/ -ˌɑː; ˈɡlɔːrɪə /

noun

  1. any of several doxologies beginning with the word Gloria, esp the Greater and the Lesser Doxologies
  2. a musical setting of one of these


gloria

2

/ ˈɡlɔːrɪə /

noun

  1. a silk, wool, cotton, or nylon fabric used esp for umbrellas
  2. a halo or nimbus, esp as represented in art

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Word History and Origins

Origin of Gloria1

1150–1200; Middle English < Latin; glory

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Word History and Origins

Origin of Gloria1

C16: from Latin: glory

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Example Sentences

Lisa Halverstadt checked in on the city’s efforts to execute the homelessness plan and got Gloria’s take on next steps late last year.

“Our children, working families, and economy deserve a clear strategy to reopen schools safely,” Gloria tweeted Wednesday.

Yet Gloria soon embraces the women’s movement, starts to work at a department store, and rebels against the constraints of home in a way that her mother never could.

From Time

Gloria called it a “structural budget deficit,” meaning the city is currently designed to spend more money than it takes in.

Gloria has also dinged former Mayor Kevin Faulconer for not taking a more aggressive approach to addressing these challenges as services and city staffing increased on his watch.

What stuck in my mind were the two supporting actors, Gloria Grahame and Lee Marvin.

“We challenge Mr. Cosby to end this nightmare,” proclaimed Gloria Allred.

First up: activist Gloria Steinem with actress Eva Longoria.

Or, after a surprise party greeting for Gloria goes awry, “Just a thought: maybe we should stop doing these.”

“On the whole I kind of quite like my films without watching them every night like Gloria Swanson in Sunset Boulevard,” he said.

If he wished to earn the true Gloria, he must set to work to do his subjects good, and to be virtuous.

He breaks out, indeed, into a burst of devotional praise—Gloria Patri—as if for some special and never-to-be-forgotten mercy.

Gloria, you are nice, and sweet, but your money would only be a drop in the ocean!

Dear, dear, how extremely like to Gloria is that figure in the middle of Margot's painting!

It is with God always as it is with men at the season of the Gloria.

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