Etymology

onomatodoxy

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Today it means: The doctrine that the name of God is God himself. Full definition →

Russian ономатодо́ксия ← Ancient Greek ὄνομα
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromὄνομα“name”
  2. Russian · borrowed fromономатодо́ксия
  3. English todayonomatodoxy

Borrowed from Russian ономатодо́ксия (onomatodóksija), from Ancient Greek ὄνομα (ónoma, “name”) + δόξα (dóxa, “glory”), meaning “name-glorification”. Compare Russian имясла́вие (imjaslávije).

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