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Gloria Patri
[ glawr-ee-uh pah-tree, glohr- ]
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.”
Gloria Patri
/ ˈpæt-; ˈɡlɔːrɪə ˈpɑːtrɪ; ˈɡlɔːrɪˌɑː /
noun
- the Lesser Doxology, beginning in Latin with these words See doxology
- a musical setting of this
Word History and Origins
Origin of Gloria Patri1
Word History and Origins
Origin of Gloria Patri1
Example Sentences
He breaks out, indeed, into a burst of devotional praise—Gloria Patri—as if for some special and never-to-be-forgotten mercy.
She intoned the Gloria Patri, and made the sign of the cross, and he instantly took flight and disappeared.
The duenna went out muttering a Gloria Patri, which was exactly finished by the time she got at the other side of the door.
The many voices lifted in the chant, "Gloria Patri," showed how grand the effect would be if all would join in the song.
(d) Gloria in excelsis is allowed as a substitute for Gloria Patri at the end of the Psalms at morning and evening prayer.
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