doxologie

Forms

doxologie f (plural doxologies)^[1]

Etymology

It is borrowed from Ancient Greek δοξολογία (doxología, “glorification, hymn of praise”), a word of Church Greek,^[2][3][4] which Wiktionary takes into French through Medieval Latin doxologia.^[1] The Greek noun comes from δοξολόγος (doxológos, “glorifying”),^[5][6] from δόξα (dóxa, “opinion, reputation, glory”) and λόγος (lógos, “speech”).^[7][5]

Earliest recorded meaning

It is first recorded in 1610, in a work by Sébastien Rouillard, in the sense of praise or glorification.^[2][3][5]

Semantic evolution

In the liturgy the word names the formula of praise to the Trinity that ends prayers, psalms and hymns, such as the Gloria Patri recited after each psalm, or the Gloria in excelsis.^[2][7][5] Le Robert and Larousse also record a didactic sense, a discourse that merely repeats received opinion, linked to doxa.^[8][9] English borrowed doxology from Medieval Latin in the 1640s.^[6]

Timeline

• 1610 – First recorded, in Rouillard.^[2][5]
• 1640s – English doxology appears.^[6]
• 1895 – Huysmans uses it of the Gloria Patri that separates the psalms.^[2]

Meanings

Noun

1. (liturgy) A short formula or prayer of praise to the Trinity, ending psalms, hymns and other prayers: chanter la doxologie.^[2][4][9]
2. (didactic) A statement or discourse that merely repeats the prevailing opinion.^[8][9]

Related words

• doxa
• English doxology

References

1. ^ a b c Wiktionary, the free dictionary, https://en.wiktionary.org
2. ^ a b c d e f Trésor de la langue française informatisé (2004), ATILF – CNRS & Université de Lorraine, atilf.fr/tlfi; electronic version of Imbs, Paul; Quemada, Bernard, eds. (1971–1994), Trésor de la langue française, Paris: CNRS / Gallimard
3. ^ a b Rey, Alain, ed. (2005), Le Grand Robert de la langue française, electronic version, Paris: Le Robert
4. ^ a b Rey-Debove, Josette; Rey, Alain, eds. (2007), Le Petit Robert de la langue française, Paris: Le Robert
5. ^ a b c d e Guilbert, Louis; Lagane, René; Niobey, Georges, eds. (1971–1978; 1989), Grand Larousse de la langue française, Paris: Larousse
6. ^ a b c Harper, Douglas. Online Etymology Dictionary, https://www.etymonline.com
7. ^ a b Littré, Émile (1873–1877), Dictionnaire de la langue française, 4 vols. and supplement, Paris: Hachette
8. ^ a b Dictionnaire Le Robert en ligne, dictionnaire.lerobert.com (accessed 2024)
9. ^ a b c Dictionnaire de français Larousse, larousse.fr/dictionnaires/francais (accessed 2024)