Venite
Americannoun
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the 95th Psalm (94th in the Vulgate and Douay), used as a canticle at matins or morning prayers.
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a musical setting of this psalm.
noun
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ecclesiast the opening word of the 95th psalm, an invitatory prayer at matins
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a musical setting of this
Etymology
Origin of Venite
1175–1225; Middle English < Latin: come ye; so called from the first word of Vulgate text
Example Sentences
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Anthem or Chant, which may be the Venite or Te Deum.
From Time Magazine Archive
The blueprints on the office-wall, The graphs and the statistical Tables of averages, all Praised him mightily: , "Venite Exultemus."
From Time Magazine Archive
This is a mistake, and in many parishes this mistake has been corrected; the Psalter for the day being sung just as the detached Psalms, such as the Venite, Jubilate, etc., are sung.
From The American Church Dictionary and Cyclopedia by Miller, William James
The posture of standing, here directed, is to be continued through the Venite and Psalms.
From Ritual Conformity Interpretations of the Rubrics of the Prayer-Book by Unknown
Thus it happened that when they came to the "Venite," the incumbent read, as usual, the first verse.
From Story of My Life, volumes 1-3 by Hare, Augustus J. C.
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