noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation:/dɒkˈsɒlədʒi/
Canada, General-American:/dɑkˈsɑləd͡ʒi/
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CMU ARPABET:D AA0 K S AA1 L AH0 JH IY0
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
An expression of praise to God, especially a short hymn sung as part of a Christian worship service.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
a hymn or verse in Christian liturgy glorifying God
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: hymn, anthem
History
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 δοκέω (dokéō, “to think, expect”).
Across languages
Translations
41 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Afrikaans:
doksologie
— expression of praise to God, especially a short hymn
Carpathian Rusyn:
доксоло́гия
(doksolóhyja)
— expression of praise to God, especially a short hymn
Catalan:
doxologia
— expression of praise to God, especially a short hymn
Chinese Mandarin:
三一頌 /三一颂
(sānyīsòng)
— expression of praise to God, especially a short hymn
Czech:
doxologie
— expression of praise to God, especially a short hymn
Danish:
doksologi
— expression of praise to God, especially a short hymn
Dutch:
doxologie
— expression of praise to God, especially a short hymn
Esperanto:
doksologio
— expression of praise to God, especially a short hymn
Finnish:
doksologia
— expression of praise to God, especially a short hymn
French:
doxologie
— expression of praise to God, especially a short hymn
Galician:
doxoloxía
— expression of praise to God, especially a short hymn
Georgian:
დოქსოლოგია
(doksologia)
— expression of praise to God, especially a short hymn
German:
Doxologie
— expression of praise to God, especially a short hymn
Greek:
δοξολογία
(doxología)
— expression of praise to God, especially a short hymn
Ancient Greek:
δοξολογία
(doxología)
— expression of praise to God, especially a short hymn
Indonesian:
doksologi
— expression of praise to God, especially a short hymn
Irish:
docseolaíocht
— expression of praise to God, especially a short hymn
Italian:
dossologia
— expression of praise to God, especially a short hymn
Japanese:
頌栄
(shōei)
— expression of praise to God, especially a short hymn
Khmer:
អភិវន្ទន៍វិទ្យា
(a’phi’ voan vityie)
— expression of praise to God, especially a short hymn
Korean:
영광송
(yeonggwangsong)
— expression of praise to God, especially a short hymn
Latin:
doxologia
— expression of praise to God, especially a short hymn
Lithuanian:
doksologia
— expression of praise to God, especially a short hymn
Macedonian:
словословие
(slovoslovie)
— expression of praise to God, especially a short hymn
Macedonian:
доксологија
(doksologija)
— expression of praise to God, especially a short hymn
Norwegian Bokmål:
doksologi
— expression of praise to God, especially a short hymn
Norwegian Nynorsk:
doksologi
— expression of praise to God, especially a short hymn
Polish:
doksologia
— expression of praise to God, especially a short hymn
Portuguese:
doxologia
— expression of praise to God, especially a short hymn
Romanian:
doxologie
— expression of praise to God, especially a short hymn
Russian:
доксоло́гия
(doksológija)
— expression of praise to God, especially a short hymn
Serbo-Croatian:
доксологија
— expression of praise to God, especially a short hymn
Serbo-Croatian:
doksologija
— expression of praise to God, especially a short hymn
Slovak:
doxológia
— expression of praise to God, especially a short hymn
Slovene:
doksologija
— expression of praise to God, especially a short hymn
Spanish:
doxología
— expression of praise to God, especially a short hymn
Swahili:
doksolojia
— expression of praise to God, especially a short hymn
Swedish:
doxologi
— expression of praise to God, especially a short hymn
Tagalog:
doksolohiya
— expression of praise to God, especially a short hymn
Turkish:
doksoloji
— expression of praise to God, especially a short hymn
Ukrainian:
доксологія
(doksolohija)
— expression of praise to God, especially a short hymn
