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Definition of Doxology

1. Noun. A hymn or verse in Christian liturgy glorifying God.

Definition of Doxology

1. n. In Christian worship: A hymn expressing praise and honor to God; a form of praise to God designed to be sung or chanted by the choir or the congregation.

Definition of Doxology

1. Noun. An expression of praise to God, especially a short hymn sung as part of a Christian worship service. ¹

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Definition of Doxology

1. a hymn or verse of praise to God [n -GIES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Doxology

Literary usage of Doxology

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Introduction to the New Testament by Theodor Zahn (1909)
"23 to stir a Latin monk to special reflection if the doxology was wanting ... The lack of the doxology could have impressed him only when he came to the end ..."

2. A Theological Dictionary: Containing Definitions of All Religious Terms; a by Charles Buck (1830)
"doxology, a hymn used in praise of the Almighty, distinguished by the titles of the ... doxology the Greater, or the angelic hymn, was of great note in the ..."

3. Dictionary of the Apostolic Church by James Hastings, John Alexander Selbie, John Chisholm Lambert (1918)
"It is probable that this archetype also omitted the doxology.* Our conclusion may be that, though it is not impossible that this section may be an integral ..."

4. The Christian Tradition and Its Verification by Terrot Reaveley Glover (1913)
"In doxology we come nearer to fact than in dogma, for it is out of doxology that historically dogma has grown. Tha primitive Christian first went through an ..."

5. The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit: Sermons Preached and Revised by Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1876)
"It was meet that the apostle should close the chapter as he does, for the doxology here given grows out of the chapter ; it is its natural outcome and ..."

6. Dictionary of the Apostolic Church by James Hastings, John Alexander Selbie, John Chisholm Lambert (1915)
"The ' all things ' are the things which have to do only with the kingdom of grace to which He has invited Jew and Gentile, and the doxology is the natural ..."

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