单词 | Agnus Dei |
释义 | Agnus Dei/ˌaɡnʊs ˈdeɪiː / /ˌanjʊs/ /ˈdiːʌɪ/noun 1A figure of a lamb bearing a cross or flag, as an emblem of Christ.In the tympanum itself there is an Agnus Dei in a medallion supported by two archangels, Gabriel and Michael....
2 Christian Church An invocation beginning with the words ‘Lamb of God’ forming a set part of the Mass.The distinct and condensed formula of the Agnus Dei itself, however, was not apparently introduced into the Mass until the year 687, when Pope Sergius I decreed that during the fraction of the Host both clergy and people should sing the Agnus Dei....
2.1A musical setting of the Agnus Dei.Many readers will know that Barber's Adagio for Strings originally was part of a string quartet, but they might not know that Barber later arranged it for unaccompanied chorus as an Agnus Dei....
OriginLate Middle English: from Latin, literally 'Lamb of God'. Rhymes |
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