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

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Gloria Patri

In Passiontide the Gloria Patri is not said, but the responsory is repeated ab initio.

From The Divine Office by Quigley, Edward J.

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.

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

"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 Quigley, Edward J.

Just as we now know a prayer as Our Father, or a doxology as Glory be to the Father, so formerly they were known as Pater Noster, and Gloria Patri.

From The Prayer Book Explained by Jackson, Percival