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

The most familiar doxologies in use in our Church are the "Gloria Patri," the "Gloria in Excelsis," and the well-known verse, "Praise God from whom all blessings flow," &c.

From The Church Handy Dictionary by Anonymous

In church music, the lector ceased to recite the psalm as a solo and the faithful divided into two choirs, united in the refrain Gloria Patri.

From The Divine Office by Quigley, Edward J.

Each psalm and hymn has the Gloria Patri suited to it marked at the beginning.

From Lands of the Slave and the Free Cuba, the United States, and Canada by Murray, Henry A.

And so, lying on the pavement of his cell, he sang the Gloria Patri, and as he uttered the name of the Holy Ghost he passed to the heavenly kingdom.

From The English Church in the Middle Ages by Hunt, William

They all talked pleasantly and jested, and even laughed, as if they were anywhere but in church, only pausing when the Gloria Patri was sung from time to time at the end of a psalm.

From Stradella by Crawford, F. Marion (Francis Marion)