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Doxology
The American Church Dictionary and Cyclopedia
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Any form or verse in which glory is ascribed to God or the Blessed Trinity, for example, the Gloria in Excelsis, which is called the greater Doxology, and the Gloria Patri, the lesser Doxology. The concluding words of the Lord's Prayer beginning, "For Thine is the kingdom," etc., is also called the Doxology. Derived from the Greek word Doxologia, from doxa, praise and logos, meaning word.
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Miller, William James. Entry for 'Doxology'. The American Church Dictionary and Cyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/acd/d/doxology.html. 1901.
Miller, William James. Entry for 'Doxology'. The American Church Dictionary and Cyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/acd/d/doxology.html. 1901.
