Gloria

[ glawr-ee-uh, glohr- ]

/ ˈglɔr i ə, ˈgloʊr- /

noun

Liturgy.

Gloria in Excelsis Deo.
Gloria Patri.
the response Gloria tibi, Domine, “Glory be to Thee, O Lord.”

(lowercase) a repetition of one of these.

(lowercase) a musical setting for one of these.

(lowercase) a halo, nimbus, or aureole, or an ornament in imitation of one.

(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.

a female given name.

Origin of Gloria

1150–1200; Middle English < Latin; see glory

Definition for gloria (2 of 2)

sic transit gloria mundi

[ seek trahn-sit gloh-ri-ah moo n-dee; English sik tran-sit glawr-ee-uh muhn-dahy, -dee, glohr-, -zit ]

/ sik ˈtrɑn sɪt ˈgloʊ rɪˌɑ ˈmʊn di; English sɪk ˈtræn sɪt ˈglɔr i ə ˈmʌn daɪ, -di, ˈgloʊr-, -zɪt /

Latin.

thus passes away the glory of this world.

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Examples from the Web for gloria

What stuck in my mind were the two supporting actors, Gloria Grahame and Lee Marvin.
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“We challenge Mr. Cosby to end this nightmare,” proclaimed Gloria Allred.
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First up: activist Gloria Steinem with actress Eva Longoria.
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Or, after a surprise party greeting for Gloria goes awry, “Just a thought: maybe we should stop doing these.”
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“On the whole I kind of quite like my films without watching them every night like Gloria Swanson in Sunset Boulevard,” he said.
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Oh, not Miss Clandon: you have found that it is quite safe to call me Gloria.
You Never Can Tell|George Bernard Shaw
In a very few weeks the offspring of Gloria Audacious Indomitable had attained prodigious proportions.
The Sin of Monsieur Pettipon|Richard Connell
She certainly disturbed him strangely, for Gloria was perfect in his eyes, and he accepted all she said almost blindly.
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Being what she was, it was impossible for her to understand Gloria's conduct.
Casa Braccio, Volumes 1 and 2 (of 2)|F. Marion Crawford
Gloria was dead, but Gloria was his, and he hers, for ever and ever.
Casa Braccio, Volumes 1 and 2 (of 2)|F. Marion Crawford

British Dictionary definitions for gloria (1 of 3)

gloria

/ (ˈɡlɔːrɪə) /

noun

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

a halo or nimbus, esp as represented in art

Word Origin for gloria

C16: from Latin: glory

British Dictionary definitions for gloria (2 of 3)

Gloria

/ (ˈɡlɔːrɪə, -ˌɑː) /

noun

any of several doxologies beginning with the word Gloria, esp the Greater and the Lesser Doxologies

a musical setting of one of these

British Dictionary definitions for gloria (3 of 3)

sic transit gloria mundi

/ Latin (ˈsɪk ˈtrænsɪt ˈɡlɔːrɪˌɑː ˈmʊndiː) /

thus passes the glory of the world

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Word Origin and History for gloria (1 of 2)

Gloria

early 13c., name of a song of praise, from Medieval Latin gloria in "Gloria Patri," hymn praising god (and similar hymns), from Latin gloria "glory" (see glory).

Word Origin and History for gloria (1 of 2)

sic transit gloria mundi

c.1600, Latin, literally "thus passes the glory of the world;" perhaps an alteration of a passage in Thomas Á Kempis' "Imitatio Christi" (1471).

Culture definitions for gloria

Sic transit gloria mundi

[ (sik tran-sit glawr-ee-uh moon-dee) ]

Latin for “Thus passes away the glory of the world”; worldly things do not last.

Idioms and Phrases with gloria

sic transit gloria mundi

Nothing on earth is permanent, as in His first three novels were bestsellers and now he can't even find an agent—sic transit gloria mundi. This expression, Latin for “Thus passes the glory of the world,” has been used in English since about 1600, and is familiar enough so that it is sometimes abbreviated to sic transit.