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Gloria

//ˈɡlɔɹ.i.ə// name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A female given name from Latin, popular during the first half of the 20th century.

    "Miss Flax, the little thin sister, and Miss Gloria, the stout able-bodied sister, lifted up their hands and eyes in horror at the mere hint of a wet nurse."

  2. 2
    The Gloria in excelsis Deo, a hymn sung during the liturgy of many churches.

    "“What did the priest, and all of you, keep on saying when we first went in?” / “Our Fathers, Hail Maries, and Glorias; couldn’t you hear?” asked Emily, laughing. / “No, I should think not, you rattled on so fast- What are Hail Maries and Glorias?” / “The Gloria you know well enough, my dear, because you say it in your church at the end of every psalm,” replied Miss Horton; “the Hail Mary is a prayer to our Blessed Lady,” and she repeated it."

Noun
  1. 1
    A lightweight fabric used for umbrellas and dresses. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    A doxology. countable

    "The glorias, canticles, and some translations of popular hymns are admirably sung; I do not know that I ever heard congregational singing more effective."

Etymology

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin gloria. Doublet of glory.

Etymology 2

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

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