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noun (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
sic transit gloria mundi [seek tr ahn -sit gloh -r i-ah moo n -dee; English tran -sit glawr -ee-uh muhn -dahy, -dee, glohr -, -zit] Latin thus passes away the glory of this world.
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Examples from the Web for gloria Contemporary Examples of gloria 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.
Historical Examples of gloria Uncle Em said, and Gloria drew in whiffs of warm September air.
Gloria was sure she heard a bird singing—of course, in a tree.
The shabby bag between them attracted Gloria 's curious gaze.
"Gloria Abercrombie," bowed Gloria politely, but her eyes danced.
Gloria 's personal experience with nurses had been two to one girl.
British Dictionary definitions for gloria noun a silk, wool, cotton, or nylon fabric used esp for umbrellas
a halo or nimbus, esp as represented in art
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Word Origin for gloria C16: from Latin: glory
noun any of several doxologies beginning with the word Gloria, esp the Greater and the Lesser Doxologies
a musical setting of one of these
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thus passes the glory of the world
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Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition
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Word Origin and History for 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 ).
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c.1600, Latin, literally "thus passes the glory of the world;" perhaps an alteration of a passage in Thomas Á Kempis' "Imitatio Christi" (1471).
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Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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.
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The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition
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Idioms and Phrases with gloria 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 .
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