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English
Etymology
From the first two words in the English version of this doxology.
Proper noun
Glory Be (plural Glory Bes)
- (Catholicism) A doxology to the Trinity, commonly prayed as part of the rosary.
- Synonyms: Gloria Patri, Glory Be to the Father
1997, Laurie Graham, Perfect Meringues, London: Black Swan, →ISBN, page 86:I said, ‘Hail Mary, full of grace’ and a whole string of Glory Bes to try and concentrate my mind, but life kept intruding.
Translations
a doxology
- Chinese:
- Cantonese: 聖三光榮經 / 圣三光荣经 (sing3 saam1 gwong1 wing4 ging1)
- Mandarin: 聖三光榮經 / 圣三光荣经 (Shèngsān Guāngróng Jīng)
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