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doxology [Gr. doxa =glory] formulaic ascription of praise to God, encountered in Jewish, Christian, and Islamic tradition. The best-known doxologies of the Christian church are Gloria in excelsis , or the greater doxology; Gloria Patri, or the lesser doxology; and the closing stanza of Thomas Ken's morning and evening hymns, beginning, "Praise God from whom all blessings flow," sung to the tune Old Hundredth from the Genevan Psalter (see hymn ).

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Doxology. A short hymn ascribing glory (Gk., doxa) to God. In the eucharist the doxology is the ending of the eucharistic prayer. See also GLORIA, for the lesser doxology.

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Doxology. An ascription of glory to the Persons of the Trinity. Besides the Gloria in Excelsis (the Greater Doxology) and the Gloria Patri (the Lesser Doxology), there are metrical forms appended to some hymns.

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