Gloria Patri

American  

[glawr-ee-uh pah-tree, glohr-] / ˈglɔr i ə ˈpɑ tri, ˈgloʊr- /

noun

1. 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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Gloria Patri British  

/ ˈɡlɔːrɪə ˈpɑːtrɪ, ˈɡlɔːrɪˌɑː-, ˈpæt- /

noun

1. the Lesser Doxology, beginning in Latin with these words See doxology

2. a musical setting of this

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Etymology

Origin of Gloria Patri

From Latin

Example Sentences

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Gloria Patri

"Study well the Gloria Patri," said St. Francis of Assisi, "for in it you find the substance of the scriptures."

From The Divine Office by Edward J. Quigley

Then there was a soft clattering roar as the monks rose to their feet, and in double volume from the bent heads sounded out the Gloria Patri.

From The King's Achievement by Robert Hugh Benson

Bede answered: "Write quickly!" and when the sentence was written, he replied: "Thou hast the truth—consummatum est," and with the Gloria Patri upon his lips, he breathed his last.

From Some Jewish Witnesses For Christ by B.D.

Te Deum is the only one of the Psalms and Canticles which is not provided with Gloria Patri at the end of it.

From The Prayer Book Explained by Percival Jackson

The duenna went out muttering a Gloria Patri, which was exactly finished by the time she got at the other side of the door.

From Gómez Arias Or, The Moors of the Alpujarras, A Spanish Historical Romance. by Joaquín Telesforo de Trueba y Cosío