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

Or, if you prefer, Gloria in excelsis Deo!

From The Guardian • Dec. 7, 2010

The birds that sang so sweetly are angels of heaven, that sang Gloria in excelsis Deo.

From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 16 by Various

There the Angels sing "Gloria in excelsis Deo."

From Fifteenth Century Prose and Verse by Various

And forthright the youth changeth his semblance, and became a wondrous angel; and he rose into heaven, singing, "Gloria in excelsis Deo."

From Tales from the Old French by Various

Kyrie eleison … Gloria in excelsis Deo … those things passed like a shadow-show, with movements and rustlings, but he perceived rather the light which cast them.

From Lord of the World by Benson, Robert Hugh