Venite

American

[vi-nahy-tee, ve-nee-tey] / vɪˈnaɪ ti, vɛˈni teɪ /

noun

the 95th Psalm (94th in the Vulgate and Douay), used as a canticle at matins or morning prayers.
a musical setting of this psalm.

Venite British

/ vɪˈnaɪtɪ /

noun

ecclesiast the opening word of the 95th psalm, an invitatory prayer at matins
a musical setting of this

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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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"C'est bien ici que nous devons accourir avec joie et redire ce chant triomphant de l'�glise: Adeste, fideles, l�ti triumphantes; venite, venite in Bethleem."

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Regem venturum Dominum venite adoremus.

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“Venite ad me omnes qui laboratis, et onerati estis.”

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Venite, vē-nī′tē, n. in liturgics, the 95th Psalm.

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"Get up for the Venite," whispers Aunt Cordelia, and Emmy Lou who has lost herself on her knees gets up, pink with the defection.

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