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  

/ ˈpæt-, ˈɡlɔːrɪə ˈpɑːtrɪ, ˈɡlɔːrɪˌɑː /

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

And all bowed their heads over the folios placed before them, and took up the words,— "Gloria Patri et Filio et Spiritui Sancto."

From En Route by Huysmans, J.-K. (Joris-Karl)

In the Western Church the Gloria Patri is repeated at the close of every psalm, in the Eastern Church at the close of the last psalm.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 6 "Dodwell" to "Drama" by Various

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 Trueba y Cosío, Joaquín Telesforo de

Any act that ever I did, if thou report it again to mine honour with a Gloria Patri, never report it but with a sicut erat—that is, even as it was and none otherwise.

From Dialogue of Comfort Against Tribulation With Modifications To Obsolete Language By Monica Stevens by Stevens, Monica

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 Benson, Robert Hugh