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

  • Latin gloria (“glory”), first used as a name in 19th century literature.

    From Wiktionary

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