dox01ogy

[Gr. doxologia, from dor a = praise, and lego to say, to tell; Fr. doxologie.] 1. Gen.: A hymn of praise or glory to God. "David breaks forth into these triumphant praises and doxologies, Ble ed be the Lord God of Israel, who has kept me this day from shedding blood, and from avenging myself with mine own hand."-South. 2. Spec .: The hymn or song of praise the "Gloria Patri-used at the end of the Psalms in the Christian Church; also any metrical form of the same. ( Stainer & Barrett .) *1. To stupefy; to make dull or stupid. "Two satyrs, on the ground Stretched at his ease, their sire Silenus found Dozed with his fumes, and heavy with his load." Dryden Virgil , Ecl. vi. 19-21. 2. To spend or pa in drowsy inaction. "Chiefle armies dozed out the campaign, And navies yawned for orders on the main." Pope : Dunciad , iv. 617, 618.