doxology

English

Etymology

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 δοκεῖν (dokeîn, “to think, expect”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /dɒkˈsɒlədʒi/
• (General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /dɑkˈsɑlədʒi/

Noun

doxology (plural doxologies)

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

Translations

expression of praise to God, especially a short hymn

• Afrikaans: doksologie
• Catalan: doxologia f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 三一頌, 三一颂 (sānyīsòng) (Trinitarian)

• Czech: doxologie f
• Danish: doksologi c
• Dutch: doxologie (nl) f
• Esperanto: doksologio
• Finnish: doksologia
• French: doxologie (fr) f
• Galician: doxoloxía f
• Georgian: დოქსოლოგია (doksologia)
• German: Doxologie (de) f
• Greek: δοξολογία (el) f (doxología)

  Ancient: δοξολογία f (doxología)

• Indonesian: doksologi (id)
• Irish: docseolaíocht f
• Italian: dossologia f
• Japanese: 頌栄 (しょうえい, shōei)
• Khmer: អភិវន្ទន៍វិទ្យា (a’pʰi’ voan vityie)
• Korean: 영광송 (yeonggwangsong)

• Lithuanian: doksologia f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: doksologi m

  Nynorsk: doksologi m

• Polish: doksologia f
• Portuguese: doxologia (pt) f
• Romanian: doxologie (ro) f
• Russian: доксоло́гия (ru) f (doksológija)
• Rusyn: доксоло́гия f (doksolóhyja)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: доксологија f

  Roman: doksologija (sh) f

• Slovak: doxológia f
• Slovene: doksologija f
• Spanish: doxología f
• Swahili: doksolojia
• Swedish: doxologi (sv)
• Tagalog: doksolohiya
• Turkish: doksoloji
• Ukrainian: доксологія f (doksolohija)

Further reading

• doxology in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• doxology in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911.
• doxology at OneLook Dictionary Search