Gloria
Americannoun
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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.
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
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; glory
Example Sentences
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After all, how many fictional characters have an award from the Brooklyn Museum’s Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art, presented to them by Gloria Steinem?
From Salon
The San Francisco strike sent an encouraging message to other educators, said Gloria Martinez, treasurer of the Los Angeles teachers union.
Flanked by attorney Gloria Allred, Crystal Hefner said she filed regulatory complaints with the California and Illinois Attorney General’s offices in an attempt to prevent any potential distribution of the images, which she said were contained in her late husband’s scrapbooks and personal journals.
From Los Angeles Times
The film presents a swath of characters from the diaspora rarely represented in French cinema, centered on Gloria, the mother of the bride in France and the daughter of the deceased in Africa.
From Barron's
She’s also developing a TV series with BBC and recently announced a deal with Orion Pictures to develop, produce and star as a version of herself in a rom-com based on “Chicken Shop Date” alongside Will Ferrell and Adam McKay’s production company, Gloria Sanchez Productions.
From Los Angeles Times
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