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  Gloria

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  gloria

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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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Broadcaster Gloria Hunniford, who worked with Kelly, described him as "incredible" and said his personality was what made him so likeable.

From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026

In 2021, he picked up the adjacent six-bedroom, 8.5-bathroom estate from Gloria and Emilio Estefan for $35 million.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 20, 2026

Gloria Martinez, the new president of United Teachers Los Angeles, called for revenue increases at the ballot box, raising some property taxes and for Gov. Gavin Newsom to release more funding for schools statewide.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026

Comparisons between Hsieh and Hughes have already been made in Las Vegas court by Judge Gloria Sturman.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 29, 2026

Ruth and Gloria call good morning to me from across the street, and I wave at them without looking up.

From "How to Disappear Completely" by Ali Standish

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

Besides magnifying Freud's effects on psychology, philosophy, art, drama, education and law, all certainly profound, Dr. Wittels begins his gloria in excelsis by linking Goethe and Freud.

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