Benedictus Definition

bĕnĭ-dĭktəs
noun
A canticle that begins Benedictus Dominus Deus Israel (“Blessed be the Lord God of Israel”).
American Heritage
Zacharias' hymn (Luke 1:68-79) beginning “Blessed,” a part of Lauds.
Webster's New World
A canticle that begins Benedictus qui venit in nomine Domini (“Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord”) that forms the end of the Sanctus in the Roman Catholic Mass.
American Heritage
A short hymn of praise (Matt. 21:9), also beginning “Blessed,” used in the Mass.
Webster's New World
A musical setting for either of these canticles.
American Heritage

Origin of Benedictus

  • Latin past participle of benedīcere to bless benediction

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Benedictus Sentence Examples

  • The name is also given to a part of the Roman Catholic mass service beginning Benedictus qui venit.

  • In the Prayer-Book of 1549 there was no alternative to the Benedictus; it was to be used "throughout the whole year."

  • In 1552 the Jubilate was inserted without any restriction as to how often it should take the place of the Benedictus.

  • Such restriction is clearly implied in the words "except when that (Benedictus) shall happen to be read in the chapter for the day, or for the Gospel on Saint John Baptist's day," which were inserted in 1662.

  • Sanctus, or Tersanctus, or Triumphal Hymn, " Holy, Holy, Holy," &c., ending with the Benedictus, Blessed is he that cometh," &c.

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