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

Four other Versicles and Gloria Patri are interposed after the Lord's Prayer—all in the form of Verse and Respond.

From The Prayer Book Explained by Jackson, Percival

"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.

The obvious reason for this exception is that it is the only one which contains a Gloria Patri in the middle of it.

From The Prayer Book Explained by Jackson, Percival

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)

They sit during rehearsal, standing at the Gloria Patri.

From The Boy's Voice A Book of Practical Information on The Training of Boys' Voices For Church Choirs, &c. by Curwen, John Spencer