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  a silk, wool, cotton, or nylon fabric used esp for umbrellas

Gloria

American  

[glawr-ee-uh, glohr-] / ˈglɔr i ə, ˈgloʊr- /

noun

1. Liturgy.

   1. Gloria in Excelsis Deo.

   2. Gloria Patri.

   3. 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.

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Gloria ¹ British  

/ ˈɡlɔːrɪə, -ˌɑː /

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

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gloria ² British  

/ 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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Etymology

Origin of Gloria

1150–1200; Middle English < Latin; see glory

Example Sentences

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Gloria Roldan Urgoiti, MD, is an oncologist who specializes in brain cancers, while Wee Yong, PhD, is a neuroscientist who studies how the immune system affects the brain.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 4, 2026

California’s low-profile lieutenant governor race pits Democratic Treasurer Fiona Ma against former Democratic Senate leader Gloria Romero, who’s running as a Republican.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

“We are waiting to give birth to ourselves,” Gloria Steinem writes in “An Unexpected Life,” a memoir that touches only lightly on events from the personal life of the celebrated feminist.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026

Gloria Brown, 69, who has lived in Piddington for 23 years, said she would stop litter-picking in the village if plans went ahead, something she takes "lots of pride" in doing.

From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026

“I’m ready to begin the first lesson whenever you, Alfredo, and you, Gloria, would like,” I announce.

From "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar

However, SZA lends her voice to two tracks, luther and gloria.

From BBC ● Nov. 23, 2024

“Sic transit gloria mundi” — that is one lesson of Bayh’s life and death, as it has been of other formerly famous people.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 18, 2019

Ordinary suburban backyards and picket fences run along one side of the path; on the other — sic transit gloria mundi.

From New York Times ● Jul. 19, 2012

A tour through nearly 900 years of musical history, from the circa-850 Sic gloria Domini, in plainsong style, to J. S. Bach's sophisticated Prelude and Fugue in B Minor.

From Time Magazine Archive

“Cecilia, en su gloria, in all her spectral splendor,” La Llorona whispered as an ancient, haggish woman walked into view.

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall