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
  • Stations is at its heart a love story, a furious, tender, potty-mouthed paean to loyalty and generosity of spirit.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 5 Nov. 2026
  • His prose is energetic, occasionally overexuberant — and, above all, a paean to Capra’s enduring importance.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2026
Definition of paean
Noun
  • Family and community gather for a worship service and a requiem, a special service of prayers for the deceased, traditionally followed by prayers at the grave site.
    — Shushan Karapetian, The Conversation, 19 Oct. 2026
  • 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
Definition of requiem
Noun
  • Then comes the inevitable lament that cast iron is too much work.
    — Alaina Chou, Bon Appetit Magazine, 29 Oct. 2026
  • The child studying English was met with loving lament, while the one pursuing computer science at Stanford University was the flag post of family pride.
    — Kamau Bobb October 21, Literary Hub, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of lament
Noun
  • On Tuesday, the classic served as a funeral dirge for the roughly 800 people present who backed Hilton.
    — Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 7 Nov. 2026
  • 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
Definition of dirge
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“Gloria Patri.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Gloria%20Patri. Accessed 13 Nov. 2026.

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