Gloria in Excelsis Deo

American  

[glawr-ee-uh in ek-sel-sis dey-oh, glohr-] / ˈglɔr i ə ɪn ɛkˈsɛl sɪs ˈdeɪ oʊ, ˈgloʊr- /

noun

1. 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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Gloria in Excelsis Deo British  

/ ɛksˈtʃɛlsɪs, ˈɡlɔːrɪˌɑː, ˈɡlɔːrɪə ɪn ɛkˈsɛlsɪsˈ deɪəʊ /

noun

1. the Greater Doxology, beginning in Latin with these words See doxology

2. a musical setting of this, usually incorporated into the Ordinary of the Mass

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Etymology

Origin of Gloria in Excelsis Deo

literally: glory to God in the highest

Example Sentences

He also joined in the Jesuits' Christmas festival, when a crib was set up in the palace accompanied by Persian placards proclaiming "Gloria in Excelsis Deo".

From The Guardian • Nov. 30, 2012

Gloria in Excelsis Deo all were saying, by what I understood from those near by, whose cry could be heard.

From Dante: "The Central Man of All the World" A Course of Lectures Delivered Before the Student Body of the New York State College for Teachers, Albany, 1919, 1920 by Slattery, John T. (John Theodore)

Rising now, with voice of rapture,  Bursts aloud, in thrilling tone, "Gloria in Excelsis Deo"  Round the sacramental throne.

From Poems: Patriotic, Religious by Ryan, Abram Joseph

Dreamily he began to intone the Gloria in Excelsis Deo.

From Carmen Ariza by Stocking, Charles Francis