In Christian Liturgy and Music
- Gloria in Excelsis Deo, the main doxology or hymn of the Roman Catholic and Anglican Mass, and also known as the Great Doxology in the Eastern Orthodox Church
- Gloria (Vivaldi), a musical setting of the doxology by Antonio Vivaldi
- Gloria (Poulenc), a composition written in 1959 by Francis Poulenc
- Gloria (Handel)
- Gloria Patri, a relatively short, common doxology
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