Gloria Patri

noun

Definition of Gloria Patrinext
as in hallelujah

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  1. hallelujah
  2. paean
  3. requiem
  4. lament
  5. dirge
Noun
  • And a road win without Pat Surtain II would be the surest hallelujah yet.
    — Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 1 Nov. 2025
  • There’d be a brief silence, before all the voices flooded in and the whole circle would catch fire like an unending wall of the most resounding hallelujah imaginable.
    — Jack Chang, Sacramento Bee, 25 Jan. 2024
Definition of hallelujah
Noun
  • His latest, The Case for America, is a paean to the founding ideals of the country.
    — Aidan McLaughlin, Vanity Fair, 16 Oct. 2026
  • In a follow-up paean to mud, geologists Mark Brenner and William Kenney give a primer on how inland lake sediments act as carbon sinks.
    — Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of paean
Noun
  • The objectors' subsequent ululation echoed a requiem for a fallen hero--all over a time shift that accessing the PBS app avoids entirely.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 25 Sep. 2026
  • And for me, ‘Amor Eterno,’ coincidentally also patterns how most requiems start, which is requiem eternum, eternal rest, eternal love.
    — Rod Stafford Hagwood, Sun Sentinel, 29 May 2026
Definition of requiem
Noun
  • Jax has a greyhound with its own wardrobe that’s probably worth more than my entire closet and is worried about only having her personality to lean on in the experiment — a hot girl’s lament.
    — Emma Sharpe, Vulture, 14 Oct. 2026
  • Caroline Wahl concluded her statement with the wistful lament that all she was left with now was her double one—referring to her two new books heading the Spiegel Bestseller List.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of lament
Noun
  • Cue the depressing rain, dark trench coats, and a dire dystopian dirge because the Blade Runner 2099 trailer is here!
    — Jeff Spry, Space.com, 19 Oct. 2026
  • The film’s turning point is a tragedy during a fight arranged by Frankie, making its second half more of a dirge than a sports film.
    — David Faris, TheWeek, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of dirge
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“Gloria Patri.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Gloria%20Patri. Accessed 24 Oct. 2026.

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