Benedictus

American  

[ben-i-dik-tuhs] / ˌbɛn ɪˈdɪk təs /

noun

Ecclesiastical.

1. the short canticle or hymn beginning in Latin Benedictus qui venit in nomine Domini, and in English “Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord.”

2. the canticle or hymn beginning in Latin Benedictus Dominus Deus Israel, and in English “Blessed be the Lord God of Israel.”

3. a musical setting of a Benedictus.

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Benedictus British  

/ ˌbɛnɪˈdɪktəs /

noun

1. a short canticle beginning Benedictus qui venit in nomine Domini in Latin and Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord in English

2. a canticle beginning Benedictus Dominus Deus Israel in Latin and Blessed be the Lord God of Israel in English

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Etymology

Origin of Benedictus

< Latin: blessed (past participle of benedīcere to commend, bless). See bene-, dictum

Example Sentences

Leo Benedictus examines the history of such literary frauds and asks some of the writers why they allowed a fiction to mask the truth.

From The Guardian • Feb. 15, 2019

“I’m interested in glorifying something that we in the world would say doesn’t deserve being glorified,” Ed Ruscha told the Guardian’s Leo Benedictus in 2008.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 30, 2016

Mr. Felsenfeld’s Credo begins with a trudging beat; the Benedictus is a furious gallop.

From New York Times • Dec. 31, 2015

By Posted Monday, Feb. 11, 2013, at 12:47 PM ET Animi et corporis fluctuatio deinceps Benedictus XVI edidit consilium de papatu abdicandum fine Februarii.

From Slate • Feb. 11, 2013

After 827 new capitularies were naturally promulgated, and before 858 there appeared a second collection in three books, by an author calling himself Benedictus Levita.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 3 "Capefigue" to "Carneades" by Various

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