Benedictus
Americannoun
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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.”
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the canticle or hymn beginning in Latin Benedictus Dominus Deus Israel, and in English “Blessed be the Lord God of Israel.”
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a musical setting of a Benedictus.
noun
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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
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a canticle beginning Benedictus Dominus Deus Israel in Latin and Blessed be the Lord God of Israel in English
Etymology
Origin of Benedictus
< Latin: blessed (past participle of benedīcere to commend, bless). See bene-, dictum
Example Sentences
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Mozart never got around to finishing the Mass, which ends with a Benedictus but no “Dona nobis pacem,” no plea for the end of conflict.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 6, 2022
The son of Wim Cox, a documentary filmmaker, and the former Else Kuminack, Paulus Henricus Benedictus Cox was born on April 16, 1940, in Venlo, in the Netherlands near the German border.
From New York Times ● Jun. 22, 2016
Mr. Felsenfeld’s Credo begins with a trudging beat; the Benedictus is a furious gallop.
From New York Times ● Dec. 31, 2015
Douglas denied Celtic a second four minutes later when he stopped an attempted clearance by Kyle Benedictus slicing into his own net following Lustig's near-post cross.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 26, 2012
The closing portion of the Venite has a special appropriateness to Lent; the closing portion of the Benedictus a special appropriateness to Advent.
From A Short History of the Book of Common Prayer by William Reed Huntington
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