Gloria
Gloria
American
[glawr-ee-uh, glohr-]
/ ˈglɔr i ə, ˈgloʊr- /
noun
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Liturgy.
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the response Gloria tibi, Domine, “Glory be to Thee, O Lord.”
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(lowercase) a repetition of one of these.
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(lowercase) a musical setting for one of these.
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(lowercase) a halo, nimbus, or aureole, or an ornament in imitation of one.
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(lowercase) a fabric of silk, cotton, nylon, or wool for umbrellas, dresses, etc., often with a filling of cotton warp and yarn of other fiber.
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a female given name.
Gloria
1
British
/ ˈɡlɔːrɪə, -ˌɑː /
noun
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any of several doxologies beginning with the word Gloria, esp the Greater and the Lesser Doxologies
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a musical setting of one of these
gloria
2
British
/ ˈɡlɔːrɪə /
noun
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a silk, wool, cotton, or nylon fabric used esp for umbrellas
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a halo or nimbus, esp as represented in art
Etymology
Origin of Gloria
1150–1200; Middle English < Latin; see glory
Example Sentences
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Hush Hush interpolates Gloria Gaynor's I Will Survive, which the group sang in Turkish, a striking moment for a group determined to bring their language to an international audience.
From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026
“We are not expendable. And we are never a ‘small price to pay,’” San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria posted on X. “Keep our city out of your reckless war talk.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026
Gloria Roldan Urgoiti, MD, is an oncologist who specializes in brain cancers, while Wee Yong, PhD, is a neuroscientist who studies how the immune system affects the brain.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 4, 2026
California’s low-profile lieutenant governor race pits Democratic Treasurer Fiona Ma against former Democratic Senate leader Gloria Romero, who’s running as a Republican.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
In the stone cellar we uncover blankets, crates of champagne, tins of French pâté, and a folder of glossy photographs of a woman called Gloria Swanson.
From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin
However, SZA lends her voice to two tracks, luther and gloria.
From BBC ● Nov. 23, 2024
“Sic transit gloria mundi” — that is one lesson of Bayh’s life and death, as it has been of other formerly famous people.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 18, 2019
Ordinary suburban backyards and picket fences run along one side of the path; on the other — sic transit gloria mundi.
From New York Times ● Jul. 19, 2012
Before him a master of ceremonies thrice lit wisps of flax, chanting: "Sancte Pater, sic transit gloria mundi."
From Time Magazine Archive
“Cecilia, en su gloria, in all her spectral splendor,” La Llorona whispered as an ancient, haggish woman walked into view.
From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall
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