Excelsis

Silencing the Bells: In the Sistine chapel, at the performance of mass, after the Gloria in Excelsis is sung, no bells are allowed to be rung in Rome, except at the Papal benediction, until the same canticle is sung in the Papal chapel on the following Saturday morning.

04/01/2004 - 05/01/2004 John 2004

She sent me some time ago a short satirical essay, called "Science in Excelsis," upon the vivisection abuse, and a catalogue of all the eminent names she had enlisted in her compassionate crusade, in behalf of the poor brutes, in a volume of her collected magazine papers.

Further Records, 1848-1883: A Series of Letters 1891

What do you call those words that you are accustomed to hear, the 'Gloria in Excelsis'?

The Old Helmet 1864

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De Vigilia Paschali: Gloria in Excelsis Deo 2009

It yet remains a mystery to my mind, how a church which retains such a stimulating and inspiring liturgy could have such drowsy preaching, – how men could go through with the "Te Deum," and the "Gloria in Excelsis," without one thrill of inspiration, or one lift above the dust of earth, and, after uttering words which one would think might warm the frozen heart of the very dead, settle sleepily down into the quietest commonplace.

Oldtown Folks 1869

The songs match surreal lyrics against an engagingly bizarre kaleidoscope of styles; Moore's blues-rock is intercut with ragtime, country including a burst of the Patti Page favourite, Tennessee Waltz, acoustic traditional and medieval styles, along with church music and carols, with Jove Was at Home suddenly segueing into a triumphant Gloria, Hosanna in Excelsis.

Dr Strangely Strange: Heavy Petting and Other Proclivities – review 2011

She was equally captivating singing "Gloria in Excelsis Deo," which kicked off the show-closing medley featuring the entire cast.

In concert: Mariah Carey, Annie Lennox, Maxwell and more, "Christmas in Washington" at the National Building Museum David Malitz 2010

She was equally captivating singing "Gloria in Excelsis Deo," which kicked off the show-closing medley featuring the entire cast.

'Christmas in Washington,' warm and fuzzy David Malitz 2010

Superstock/Everett Collection The Postmaster General -- a title with the quixotic cachet of Hall Monitor Supreme or Stenographer in Excelsis -- is begging to be relieved of the Saturday duty.

Nation at a Crossroads: Saturday's Mail Peter Jeffrey 2010

Moria in Excelsis part two: fool considers graduate school.

Let's Run Away From The Girls! And Other Strategies To Make History Relevant To A Twenty-First Century Liberal Arts Education Tenured Radical 2009