doxological
- adjective
- /ˌdɒksəˈlɒdʒɪkəl/
- Formal
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doxológico
- During the ceremony, the priest offered a doxological prayer to honor the tradition.
- doxological theology
Examples
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And if that is so, then the doxological fittingness of assertions about Christ becomes as much a theological criterion as is their conceivability.
Academic text (1991) -
The purpose here is, I think, more doxological than apologetic or dogmatic.
Academic text (2003) -
On the contrary, it is urged to make room in its process and its method for an essentially contemplative or even doxological aspect.
Academic text (2004) -
The paradigm of the immanent and economic Trinity hampers the exercise of the doxological character of theology.
Academic text (2002) -
But whether that's the case or not, it's at least a memorable Pauline expression that distills the identity of Jesus into doxological prose.
Blog text (27) -
All of these characterizations describe why metaphorical language remains at the heart of doxological worship and is abhorrent to the formulators of canon law.
Academic text (1994) -
The doxological structure of LaCugna's theology is, indeed, a paramount expression of the distinction of God and creature, for prayer, as John Main writes, "is our paying attention to this fundamental relationship of Creator/creature in our lives."
Academic text (2002) -
By steering his book, almost at the end, in a quasi-doxological direction, Macquarrie appears to be suggesting that the light in which Christological questions will finally be answered is not, or not only, the light of critical philosophy but the light of prayer.
Academic text (1991) -
The service concluded with a doxological hymn that praised the divine.
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The choir's doxological anthem filled the church with a sense of reverence.
Synonyms
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Showing deep respect and love, often for a person or God
Giving very strong praise in a formal speech or writing
Language that praises someone very much in a formal way
Being full of praise for someone, often in a formal way
Showing approval by saying good things about someone or their work
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Doxological comes from the Greek roots doxa 'glory' and logos 'word' or 'speech', so it literally means 'words of praise'. That's why doxological describes language, music, or a tone that gives formal praise in religious or ceremonial worship.