doxology

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a short hymn or formula praising God, often sung at the end of a Christian service

   The congregation stood and sang the doxology together.

From Medieval Latin doxologia, from Greek doxologia, 'praise or glorification,' combining doxa, 'glory, honor,' with -logia, 'speaking.' It entered English as a term for a liturgical expression of praise.

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