gloria in excelsis deo

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1. the hymn beginning, in Latin, Gloria in Excelsis Deo, “Glory in the highest to God,” and in the English version, “Glory be to God on high.”

noun

1. the Greater Doxology, beginning in Latin with these wordsSee doxology
2. a musical setting of this, usually incorporated into the Ordinary of the Mass

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