Meanings
plural doxologies
- An expression of praise to God, especially a short hymn sung as part of a Christian worship service.
The doxology or sacred hymn, which celebrates the glory of the Trinity, is susceptible of very nice, but material, inflections; and the substance of an orthodox, or an heretical, creed, may be expressed by the difference of a disjunctive, or a copulative, particle.
1781, Edward Gibbon, chapter XXI, in The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, volume II, London: […] W[illiam] Strahan; and T[homas] Cadell, […], →OCLC1 more example
And when those defendants were remonstrated with, their captain snapped his fingers in the plaintiffs’ teeth, and assured them that by way of doxology to the deed he had done, he would now retain their line, harpoons, and boat, which had remained attached to the whale at the time of the seizure.
1851 November 14, Herman Melville, chapter 89, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC
Origin
- Ancient Greekδοξολογία“a praising”
- Medieval Latindoxologia
- Englishdoxology
From Medieval Latin doxologia, from Ancient Greek δοξολογία (doxología, “a praising”), from δοξολόγος (doxológos, “giving or uttering praise”), from δόξα (dóxa, “glory, honor, repute”), from δοκέω (dokéō, “to think, expect”).
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Afrikaans doksologie
- doksologieexpression of praise to God, especially a short hymn
Ancient Greek δοξολογία
- δοξολογία (doxología)expression of praise to God, especially a short hymn
Catalan doxologia
- doxologiaexpression of praise to God, especially a short hymn
Chinese Mandarin 三一頌 /三一颂
- 三一頌 /三一颂 (sānyīsòng)expression of praise to God, especially a short hymn
Czech doxologie
- doxologieexpression of praise to God, especially a short hymn
Danish doksologi
- doksologiexpression of praise to God, especially a short hymn
Dutch doxologie
- doxologieexpression of praise to God, especially a short hymn
Esperanto doksologio
- doksologioexpression of praise to God, especially a short hymn
Finnish doksologia
- doksologiaexpression of praise to God, especially a short hymn
French doxologie
- doxologieexpression of praise to God, especially a short hymn
German Doxologie
- Doxologieexpression of praise to God, especially a short hymn
Greek δοξολογία
- δοξολογία (doxología)expression of praise to God, especially a short hymn
Indonesian doksologi
- doksologiexpression of praise to God, especially a short hymn
Irish docseolaíocht
- docseolaíochtexpression of praise to God, especially a short hymn
Italian dossologia
- dossologiaexpression of praise to God, especially a short hymn
Japanese 頌栄
- 頌栄 (shōei)expression of praise to God, especially a short hymn
Korean 영광송
- 영광송 (yeonggwangsong)expression of praise to God, especially a short hymn
Latin doxologia
- doxologiaexpression of praise to God, especially a short hymn
Lithuanian doksologia
- doksologiaexpression of praise to God, especially a short hymn
Norwegian Bokmål doksologi
- doksologiexpression of praise to God, especially a short hymn
Polish doksologia
- doksologiaexpression of praise to God, especially a short hymn
Portuguese doxologia
- doxologiaexpression of praise to God, especially a short hymn
Romanian doxologie
- doxologieexpression of praise to God, especially a short hymn
Russian доксоло́гия
- доксоло́гия (doksológija)expression of praise to God, especially a short hymn
Slovak doxológia
- doxológiaexpression of praise to God, especially a short hymn
Spanish doxología
- doxologíaexpression of praise to God, especially a short hymn
Swahili doksolojia
- doksolojiaexpression of praise to God, especially a short hymn
Swedish doxologi
- doxologiexpression of praise to God, especially a short hymn
Tagalog doksolohiya
- doksolohiyaexpression of praise to God, especially a short hymn
Turkish doksoloji
- doksolojiexpression of praise to God, especially a short hymn
Ukrainian доксологія
- доксологія (doksolohija)expression of praise to God, especially a short hymn
Cite this entry
doxology. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/doxology
“doxology.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/doxology. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “doxology,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/doxology.
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