gloria

noun

1. (countable, uncountable)A lightweight fabric used for umbrellas and dresses.
2. (countable)A doxology.

   “The glorias, canticles, and some translations of popular hymns are admirably sung; I do not know that I ever heard congregational singing more effective.”

name

1. A female given name from Latin, popular during the first half of the 20th century.

   “Miss Flax, the little thin sister, and Miss Gloria, the stout able-bodied sister, lifted up their hands and eyes in horror at the mere hint of a wet nurse.”

   “Crampton. […] What's your name? I mean your pet name. They can't very well call you Sophronia. Gloria. Sophronia! My name is Gloria. I am always called by it. Crampton. Your name is Sophronia, girl: you were called after your aunt Sophronia, my sister: she gave you your first Bible with your name written in it. Gloria: Then my mother gave me a new name.”

2. The Gloria in excelsis Deo, a hymn sung during the liturgy of many churches.

   ““What did the priest, and all of you, keep on saying when we first went in?” / “Our Fathers, Hail Maries, and Glorias; couldn’t you hear?” asked Emily, laughing. / “No, I should think not, you rattled on so fast- What are Hail Maries and Glorias?” / “The Gloria you know well enough, my dear, because you say it in your church at the end of every psalm,” replied Miss Horton; “the Hail Mary is a prayer to our Blessed Lady,” and she repeated it.”