DOXOLOGY: a usually short hymn of praise to God
"Doxology" passed into English from the Medieval Latin doxologia, which in turns comes from the Greek term doxa, meaning "opinion" or "glory," and the suffix - logia, which refers tooral or written expression. It's logical enough, therefore, that "doxology" has referred to an oral expression of praise and glorification since it first appeared in English around 1645. The word ultimately derives from the Greek verb dokein, meaning to "to seem" or "to seem good." Two cousins of "doxology" via dokein are "dogma" and "synecdoche." The Gloria in Excelsis and Gloria Patri are two of the best-known and most often sung doxologies in contemporary Christianity.
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