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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“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
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
Latin title of the One Hundredth Psalm, translated "O be joyful in the Lord," and which is sung as an alternate to the Benedictus when the latter occurs in the Lesson for the day.
From The American Church Dictionary and Cyclopedia by Miller, William James
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