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
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
Tilson Thomas also had concertmaster Martin Chalifour memorize his alluring long solo in the Benedictus.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 11, 2015
In 1539 Benedictus noted the occurrence of hemophilia or bleeders' disease.
From The Century of Columbus by Walsh, James J.
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