Gloria Patri

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for Gloria Patri
Noun
  • Said it over and over like a preacher singing hallelujah.
    Philip Martin, arkansasonline.com, 13 Sep. 2024
  • For me, especially as an A&R person, that’s hallelujah: Let the creative lead and the rest will follow.
    Jem Aswad, Variety, 4 Sep. 2024
Noun
  • The song is a paean to honesty and virtue in the face of dark and powerful forces.
    Joshua Yaffa, The New Yorker, 13 Mar. 2025
  • Eugene Robinson followed, with a subtle column on the new documentary about Katharine Graham; the column made no reference to Bezos, but its paeans to Graham’s courage in the face of Richard Nixon’s threats evoked an implicit comparison with the current owner and his relationship with Trump.
    Ruth Marcus, The New Yorker, 12 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Whether a requiem is due for rom-coms or not, in the meantime there's at least a conveyor belt of cringe to feast upon.
    Anna Kaufman, USA TODAY, 6 Mar. 2025
  • The funeral procession begins with a sorrowful requiem but transitions into a celebration of life — reminding us that life extends beyond death, that grief is not the absence of love but an extension of it.
    Mathew Holloway, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Silverman joined the parade with a lament about the changing times.
    Paul Harris, Variety, 24 Mar. 2025
  • But where Knight of Cups often drifts along in a generalized fog of melancholy, Blanchett actually makes the film’s lament for shattered relationships and thwarted potential actually hurt.
    Tim Grierson, Vulture, 15 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • When the relatives begin to arrive, crawling in on their knees, droning a dirge about death, Shula promptly departs for a hotel, pink suitcase in tow.
    Namwali Serpell, The New Yorker, 25 Mar. 2025
  • On the final night, one of the regulars hired a Scotsman in a kilt to play a bagpipe dirge.
    Zach Helfand, The New Yorker, 10 Mar. 2025
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“Gloria Patri.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Gloria%20Patri. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.

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