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A hymn or verse in Christian liturgy glorifying God
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doxology
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A doxology ( Greek : , from , doxa , "glory" and -, - logia , "saying") is a short hymn of praises to God in various forms of Christian worship, often added to the end of canticles , psalms , and hymns. The tradition derives from a similar practice in the ...
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n. a hymn or verse in Christian liturgy glorifying God
The Collaborative International Dictionary
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Doxology \Dox*ol"o*gy\, n.; pl. Doxologies . [LL. doxologia, Gr. ?, fr. ? praising, giving glory; ? opinion, estimation, glory, praise (from ? to think, imagine) + ? to speak: cf. F. doxologie. See Dogma , and Legend .] In Christian worship: A hymn expressing ...
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n. An expression of praise to God, especially a short hymn sung as part of a Christian worship service.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"hymn of praise," 1640s, from Medieval Latin doxologia , from Ecclesiastical Greek doxologia "praise, glory," from doxologos "praising, glorifying," from doxa "glory, praise" (from dokein "to seem good;" see decent ) + logos "a speaking" (see lecture (n.)). ...
Usage examples of doxology.
He was to get up this instant, saddle Doxology, and ride straight to King City.
He stood panting for a moment and then he climbed into the rig and whipped Doxology and he drove away, his shoulders hunched, without saying good-by.
I stick to England, and true doxology, and leave foreign doxies and their wine alone!
He had no opinion of the Doxology and he did not make the suggestion with any particular reverence.
Even now the Doxology revives within me that mixed emotion of relief at his absence and apprehension for the approaching encounter with her.
As for carrying on such methods and such positions beyond the life-span of any individual Orientalist, there would be a secular tradition of continuity, a lay order of disciplined methodologists, whose brotherhood would be based, not on blood lineage, but upon a common discourse, a praxis, a library, a set of received ideas, in short, a doxology, common to everyone who entered the ranks.
Being, altogether, a creature of impulses, he certainly could not be ever employed in doxologies, or engaged in the logomachy of churchmen.