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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Tines restructured the Latin mass familiar from Bach and Haydn, beginning, as usual, with the Kyrie but ending with the Benedictus.
From New York Times ● Nov. 4, 2022
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
Mattins and Lauds were said in English, the altar being incensed at the Benedictus; and Mgr.
From John Patrick, Third Marquess of Bute, K.T. A Memoir by Blair, David Hunter
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