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in nomine

/ -ˌniː; ɪn ˈnɒmɪˌneɪ /

noun

  1. music any of several pieces of music of the 16th or 17th centuries for keyboard or for a consort of viols, based on a cantus firmus derived from the Vespers antiphon Gloria tibi Trinitas
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of in nomine1

from Latin in nomine Jesu in the name of Jesus, the first words of an introit for which this type of music was originally composed

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