doxology
pronunciation
How to pronounce doxology in British English:
UK [dɒkˈsɒlədʒi]
How to pronounce doxology in American English:
US [dɑkˈsɑlədʒi]
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- Noun:
- a hymn or verse in Christian liturgy glorifying God
Word Origin
- doxology (n.)
- "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.)).
Example
- 1. We can 't separate his religion and doxology .
- 2. The fifth book has no need of an appended doxology .
- 3. Each book , save the last , ends with a doxology .
- 4. Paul uses , in a powerful doxology his complete name with all the implications : jesus christ our lord .
- 5. The doxology in the form in which we know it has been used since about the seventh century all over western christendom , except in one corner .