GLORY (through the O. Fr. glorie, modern gloire, from Lat. gloria, cognate with Gr. KXebs, abets)

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GLORY (through the O. Fr. glorie, modern gloire, from Lat. gloria, cognate with Gr. KXebs, abets) , a synonym for fame, renown, honour, and thus used of anything which reflects honour and renown on its possessor. In the phrase "

glory

GLORY (through the O. Fr. glorie,
modern
- MODERN
gloire, from Lat. gloria, cognate with Gr. KXebs, abets)

of God " the word implies both the honour due to the Creator, and His majesty and effulgence. In liturgies of the Christian

Church

CHURCH
CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other
languages
- LANGUAGES
under various forms—Scottish
kirk
- KIRK, SIR JOHN (1832- )
, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
CHURCH,
RICHARD
- RICHARD
- RICHARD (d. 1184)
- RICHARD, FRANCOIS
  MARIE
  - MARIE
  BENJAMIN (18,9-1908)
- RICHARD, HENRY (1812-1888)
- RICHARD, ST
WILLIAM (1815–189o)
CHURCH, SIR
RICHARD
- RICHARD
- RICHARD (d. 1184)
- RICHARD, FRANCOIS
  MARIE
  - MARIE
  BENJAMIN (18,9-1908)
- RICHARD, HENRY (1812-1888)
- RICHARD, ST
(1784–1873)

are the Gloria Patri, the doxology beginning "

Glory

GLORY (through the O. Fr. glorie,
modern
- MODERN
gloire, from Lat. gloria, cognate with Gr. KXebs, abets)

be to the Father," the response Gloria tibi, Domine, " Glory be to Thee, O Lord," sung or said after the giving out of the Gospel for the day, and the Gloria in excelsis, " Glory be to God on high," sung during the

Mass

and Communion service. A " glory " is the

term

TERM

often used as synonymous with halo, nimbus or

aureola

AUREOLA, AUREOLE (diminutive of Lat. aura, air)

(q.v.) for the ring of light encircling the head or figure in a pictorial or other representation of sacred ,persons.

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