Gloria Definition
glôrē-ə
noun
A feminine name.
Webster's New World
The music for either of these.
Webster's New World
A halo or its representation in art.
Webster's New World
A Latin doxology beginning with the words Gloria Patri.
American Heritage
A Latin doxology that is the second item of the Ordinary of the Roman Catholic Mass and begins with the words Gloria in excelsis Deo.
American Heritage
pronoun
A female given name. Popular during the first half of the 20th century.
Wiktionary
Origin of Gloria
Middle English from Late Latin Glōria from Latin glōria glory
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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Latin gloria (“glory”), first used as a name in 19th century literature.
From Wiktionary
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