The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (690 page)

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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(Sino-Jap.,
dozoku
, ‘family’, +
shin
, ‘deity’). A class of native Japanese deities, belief in whom combines social, geographical, and consanguinary relationships. D
zoku is the extended family in traditional Japan, always consisting of a
honge
, or main family, and a number of branch families reckoned through the male line of descent. Traditionally all members of the d
zoku live in the same village, so that family rituals can be carried out in a spirit of mutual co-operation. Thus d
zoku-shin may be said to combine
ancestor
reverence with a sense of the sacredness of locality.

 
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Dragon Gate Caves
:

see
LONGMEN CAVES
.

 
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Dragon Gate school
(Taoist movement)
:

see
CH’ÜAN-CHEN TAO
.

 
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Dragon kings
(Taoist mythological figures)
:

see
LUNG-WANG
.

 
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