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
However, he did not go to bed that night till half-past seven and at the end of the week could rattle off the Venite in two breaths.
From Sinister Street, vol. 1 by MacKenzie, Compton
Coming to the Venite, we find another opportunity to accentuate the Christian Year.
From A Short History of the Book of Common Prayer by Huntington, William Reed
Venite, vē-nī′tē, n. in liturgics, the 95th Psalm.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various
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