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Agnus Dei definition

Ag·nus Dei (äg′no̵os dā′ē′, ag′nəs-, än′yo̵̅o̅s′-; -dē′ī′)

  1. a representation of Christ as a lamb, often holding a cross or flag
  2. R.C.Ch.
    1. a little wax disk with a lamb pictured on it, blessed by the pope
    2. a prayer in the Latin Mass, beginning Agnus Dei
    3. music for this

Etymology: L, Lamb of God

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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