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‖ Gloria|ˈglɔərɪə|
Also gloria. Pl. occas. glorias.
[L. glōria glory.]
1. a. A name for each of several formulæ in Christian liturgical worship. (a) Gloria Patri, the doxology beginning ‘Glory be to the Father’, which follows the recitation of the psalms and certain canticles, and occurs in other places. (b) Gloria tibi, the response ‘Glory be to Thee, O Lord’, which follows the announcement of the gospel in the communion service or mass. (c) Gloria in excelsis, the hymn ‘Glory be to God on high’ (beginning with the words of Luke ii. 14), forming part of the communion service or mass. b. The music to which the last-mentioned is set.
a.c1420Wyntoun Orig. Cron. v. xciii. (St. Andrews MS.), This cheptour tellis trewly Quha maid fyrst Gloria patri. c1430Freemasonry 632 And blesse the fayre, ȝef that thou conne, When gloria tibi is begonne. 1514Barclay Cyt. & Uplondyshm. (Percy Soc.) 19 The blessyd aungelles..songe that gloria flyenge in the skye. 1563Pilkington Confut. C viii b, On good friday there is neyther Epistle, nor Gospel, Gloria in exelsis [sic], nor Crede. c1661Papers on Alter. Prayer Bk. 77 The Gloria patri..according to the common opinion was formed in the council of Nice. 1706A. Bedford Temple Mus. iv. 91 Sometimes in a lowder Voice, as at the Gloria Patri. 1745R. Pococke Descr. East II. i. 18 The Latins celebrated the mass of the resurrection, and at Gloria in excelsis, a cover was let down [etc.].
b.1597Morley Introd. Mus. 21 They had it in the Tenor part of the Gloria of his Masse Ave Maris stella. 1853Rock Ch. of Fathers III. ii. 212 In it [the Graduale] might be found..the Kyries, Glorias [etc.]. 1884R. Buchanan Foxglove Manor I. iv. 72 She then turned to another of the vicar's favourites, a Gloria of Mozart's.
2. An aureole or nimbus. (= glory n. 9.) Also, a head-ornament in imitation of this.
1784Europ. Mag. Mar. 233 And over the windows,..Glory is represented by a Saint George with a superb gloria. 1866Howells Venet. Life xvi. 243 Little girls..with wings and glorias, walked scattering flowers.
3. The French name for coffee with brandy or rum.
1845E. Acton Mod. Cookery xxvii. 547 Burnt coffee. (In France vulgarly called Gloria.) Make some coffee..sweeten it..pour brandy on the top..set fire to it..and drink the gloria quite hot. 1934S. Beckett More Pricks than Kicks 119 Reader, a gloria is a coffee laced with brandy.
4. A closely-woven fabric of silk and wool or cotton, etc., used for dresses, the covering of umbrellas, etc.; also, a dress of this fabric.
1895Montgomery Ward Catal. 4/2 Black Silk Warp Sublime or Gloria Cloth..much used for dresses, blouse waists and underskirts. 1897Sears, Roebuck Catal. 248/1 Men's Fine Black Gloria Silk Umbrella. 1908Daily Chron. 3 Aug. 4/5 Men abroad carry a grey or tan gloria sunshade. 1908L. M. Montgomery Anne of Green Gables xxv. 280 Anne took the dress and looked at it in reverent silence. Oh, how pretty it was—a lovely brown gloria with all the gloss of silk. 1917― Anne's House of Dreams (1926) i. 8, I remember the first pretty dress I ever had—the brown gloria Matthew gave me. 1921Daily Colonist (Victoria, B.C.) 18 Oct. 19/6 (Advt.), Umbrellas at All Prices... Strong durable covers in mercerized cotton, gloria and laventine. 1970T. S. Crawford Hist. Umbrella vii. 142 [In the 1860s] the silk mixture known as Gloria was also introduced as a covering. |
