Gloria Patri

[ glawr-ee-uh-pah-tree, glohr- ]

/ ˈglɔr i ə ˈpɑ tri, ˈgloʊr- /

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noun

the short hymn “Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.”

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Also called lesser doxology.

Origin of Gloria Patri

From Latin

Words nearby Gloria Patri

Glooscap, glop, gloppy, Gloria, Gloria in Excelsis Deo, Gloria Patri, glorification, glorify, gloriole, gloriosa, gloriosa lily

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How to use Gloria Patri in a sentence

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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Ibi tertium iam mensem ger decumbebat, cuius salus erat conclamata, quem Barbari visendum Patri obtulerunt.
The Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents, Vol. II: Acadia, 1612-1614|Various
If he wished to earn the true Gloria, he must set to work to do his subjects good, and to be virtuous.
The Daisy Chain|Charlotte Yonge
He breaks out, indeed, into a burst of devotional praise—Gloria Patri—as if for some special and never-to-be-forgotten mercy.
Witch, Warlock, and Magician|William Henry Davenport Adams
Gloria, you are nice, and sweet, but your money would only be a drop in the ocean!
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Dear, dear, how extremely like to Gloria is that figure in the middle of Margot's painting!
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British Dictionary definitions for Gloria Patri

Gloria Patri

/ (ˈɡlɔːrɪə ˈpɑːtrɪ, ˈɡlɔːrɪˌɑː, ˈpæt-) /

noun

the Lesser Doxology, beginning in Latin with these wordsSee doxology

a musical setting of this

Word Origin for Gloria Patri

literally: glory to the father

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