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Gloria Patris

noun

plural of Gloria Patri

as in hallelujahs

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His celebratory words marking its 250th anniversary included not only the traditional paeans to the Founders but also a dose of personal grievance, plus soaring praise for his own achievements.

— Susan Page, USA Today, 5 July 2026
Alas, all those paeans to freedom have played out better in song than in real life.

— Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 25 June 2026

Definition of paeans

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Ashura processions are usually dramatic affairs, with chanters singing elegies or dirges dedicated to Hussein, while audience members beat their chests and engage in displays of mourning.

— Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 22 June 2026
The pioneering alt-country band returns with its first album in 30 years—a set of cryptic, languid dirges that feels defiantly out-of-time.

— Zach Schonfeld, Pitchfork, 17 Apr. 2026

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Paul drove into Wilkes-Barre from Princeton on Christmas Day after the chapel service and dropped his bags at a forlorn motor lodge on Public Square—Christmas carols dragging at slow speed on its sound system—and swung by my parents.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 18 June 2026
That's4Entertainment's Christmas Con 2026 will take place at the New Jersey Expo Center in Edison, New Jersey, from December 11-13, and its halls will be decked to the gills with carols, tree lightings and sweet treats.

— Breanne L. Heldman, PEOPLE, 11 June 2026

Definition of carols

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Psalm 23 is numbered Psalm 22 in the Greek Septuagint and Latin Vulgate because of differences in how the psalms are divided and numbered.

— Frannie Comstock, Encyclopedia Britannica, 26 Aug. 2026
Because the psalms were originally accompanied by instruments, scholars’ best guess is that selah was some sort of musical marking.

— Drew Goins, The Atlantic, 28 July 2026

Definition of psalms

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The other main track of Diamanda’s career is her interpretations of old standards, Gospel songs, laments, and folk tunes.

— Matt Thompson, SPIN, 21 Aug. 2026
Her laments are now laced with fury, as genocidal wars and murderous technologies join global warming in the twenty-first century’s third decade.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 Aug. 2026

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