Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The canticle beginning Magnificat anima mea Dominum (“My soul doth magnify the Lord”).
- noun A musical setting of this canticle.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The song or hymn of the Virgin Mary in Luke i. 46-55, beginning “My soul doth magnify the Lord.”
- noun A musical setting of this hymn.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The song of the Virgin Mary, Luke i. 46; -- so called because it commences with this word in the Vulgate.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- proper noun music The
liturgical canticle of theVirgin Mary , sung inChristian churches ; taken from her reported words at theAnnunciation
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun (Luke) the canticle of the Virgin Mary (from Luke 1:46 beginning `Magnificat anima mea Dominum')
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The name of the song which Mary then sang, the Magnificat, has come from the first line in its Latin form, _Magnificat anima mea Dominum_.
The Gospel of Luke, An Exposition Charles Rosenbury Erdman 1913
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The Magnificat is one such example ... also the mystical poetry contained in the Song of Songs, with its idealized imagery of human love, a sustained metaphor for the nuptial love of Christ the Bridegroom for His Bride (the Church or, according to St. Bernard, the individual soul).
Archive 2007-03-01 Heidi Hess Saxton 2007
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The Magnificat is one such example ... also the mystical poetry contained in the Song of Songs, with its idealized imagery of human love, a sustained metaphor for the nuptial love of Christ the Bridegroom for His Bride (the Church or, according to St. Bernard, the individual soul).
Canticle -- By Any Other Name... Heidi Hess Saxton 2007
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'Magnificat' -- not in Mary's words, it is true, but with Mary's music and with Mary's heart.
Lancashire Idylls (1898) Marshall Mather
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Mary, the mother of Jesus, spoke clearly about his coming and his meaning in history when she prophesied about his mission in her famous prayer/song known as the Magnificat.
Jim Wallis: God and Class Warfare Jim Wallis 2011
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Mary, the mother of Jesus, spoke clearly about his coming and his meaning in history when she prophesied about his mission in her famous prayer/song known as the Magnificat.
Jim Wallis: God and Class Warfare Jim Wallis 2011
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Mary, the mother of Jesus, spoke clearly about his coming and his meaning in history when she prophesied about his mission in her famous prayer/song known as the Magnificat.
Jim Wallis: God and Class Warfare Jim Wallis 2011
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Mary, the mother of Jesus, spoke clearly about his coming and his meaning in history when she prophesied about his mission in her famous prayer/song known as the Magnificat.
Jim Wallis: God and Class Warfare Jim Wallis 2011
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The Magnificat is the Evening Canticle, sung each day at the end of the Vespers Office; the text comes from the Gospel of Luke 1:41-55.
Archive 2009-06-01 bls 2009
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And yet, having read the Bible and researched books to write my play, I could not deny that she was an excellent and faithful believer (there is a reason the song is called the Magnificat), a good mother (when she freaked out when Jesus went missing at 12 plus her presence at his death) - in other words, a good person.
mary in the margins Dean Francis Alfar 2005
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