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Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Doxology

Dox·ol′o·gy, n.; pl. Doxologies (#). [LL. doxologia, Gr. δοξολογία, fr. δοξολόγος praising, giving glory; δόξα opinion, estimation, glory, praise (from δοκεῖν to think, imagine) + λέγειν to speak: cf. F. doxologie. See Dogma, and Legend.] 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.

David breaks forth into these triumphant praises and doxologies. South.

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Noah Porter, editor (Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913). Public domain. Text as transcribed by MICRA, Inc., from Project Gutenberg. Changed for Deep Dive Bible: Greek, which our source spelled in Latin letters, set in Greek letters; entries of one spelling merged into one article; Greek words our source left out (shown as “?”), read from the 1898 printing, from the same plates (the Library of Congress’s copy), where the place could be found with certainty.