doxology

[dok-sol-uh-jee]

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noun

plural

doxologies

a hymn or form of words containing an ascription of praise to God.
the Doxology, the metrical formula beginning “Praise God from whom all blessings flow.”

doxology

/ ˌdɒksəˈlɒdʒɪkəl, dɒkˈsɒlədʒɪ /

noun

a hymn, verse, or form of words in Christian liturgy glorifying God

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Other Word Forms

doxological adjective
doxologically adverb
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Word History and Origins

Origin of doxology¹

1640–50; < Medieval Latin doxologia < Greek, equivalent to doxo- (combining form of ��ó�油 honor, glory) + -logia -logy

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Word History and Origins

Origin of doxology¹

C17: from Medieval Latin doxologia, from Greek, from doxologos uttering praise, from doxa praise; see _-logy

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There you have it—the doxology that Trump has been preaching decade after decade.

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“God, hear our prayer,” the kayakers chorused before joining in the Lord’s Prayer and doxology.

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The nondenominational New Life Church in Colorado Springs, for example, which has hosted prosperity-gospel preachers, was, in pre-pandemic times, concluding some of its services with an Anglican hymn to the Trinity known as a doxology.

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Photograph: Screenshot Pope Francis sings the doxology: “Through him and with him and in him”.

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The pilgrim band of colonists sang the doxology with bowed heads.

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doxographer doxorubicin

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