Agnus Dei

agnus dei agnus Dei Agnusdei English Etymology Borrowed from en la Agnus Deī Lamb of God. Pronunciation en /ˌæɡnəs ˈdeɪ.i/ /ˌɑːnjus ˈdeɪ.i/ en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-Agnus Dei.wav US Noun s * 1 en Western _ Christianity A liturgical chant recited as part of the Mass, beginning with those words, or the music to which it is set. from 10th c. en Roman Catholicism heraldiccharge A small model, picture, or heraldic representation of a lamb with a cross and sometimes a flag (usually white with a red cross). en Roman Catholicism A bar of wax imprinted with a similar shape and blessed by the Pope. from 16th c. en 1796 Matthew Lewis The Monk 194 Folio Society 1985 Matilda continued her incantations; at intervals she took various items from the basket, the nature and name of most of which were unknown to the friar: but among the few which he distinguished, he particularly observed three human fingers, and an agnus dei, which she broke in pieces. en 1971 Keith Thomas (historian) Keith Thomas Religion and the Decline of Magic 28 Folio Society 2012 The most common of these amulets was the agnus dei, a small wax cake, originally made out of paschal candles and blessed by the Pope, bearing the image of the lamb and flag. Translations part of the Mass; music to which it is set Catalan: ca agnus-dei m Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 天主羔羊 Tiānzhǔ Gāoyáng Czech: cs Beránek boží Danish: da agnus dei Finnish: fi Jumalan Karitsa Galician: gl año de Deus Hungarian: hu Isten báránya Indonesian: id Agnus Dei Polish: pl Baranek Boży m-an Portuguese: pt agnus dei m Russian: ru а́гнец бо́жий m sometimes capitalised Tagalog: tl Kordero ng Diyos model or picture of a lamb with a cross Catalan: ca agnus-dei m Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 上帝羔羊 Shàngdì Gāoyáng Danish: da gudslam Finnish: fi Jumalan Karitsa Galician: gl año de Deus Greek: el ο αμνός του Θεού m Polish: pl Baranek Boży m-an Russian: ru а́гнец бо́жий m sometimes capitalised Spanish: es Cordero de Dios Swedish: sv Agnus Dei, sv gudslamm n See also en Lamb of God Anagrams en adeginsu agnuside guanides Indonesian id: Etymology id la Agnus Deī. Pronunciation Proper noun id Christianity en Agnus Dei Further reading Latin Etymology la grc Ἀμνὸς τοῦ Θεοῦ. The name refers to Jesus' role as a sacrificial lamb that is (voluntarily) slaughtered on the Cross. Pronunciation Agnus Deī 1 Noun Agnus<2> Deī la Christianity Ecclesiastical Latin Lamb of God, a title applied by Christians to Jesus, whose death they equate with the offering of such animals for sacrifice at the temple in Jerusalem by those who have sinned, as described in the Hebrew scriptures. la Agnus Deī, quī tollis peccāta mundī... Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world... prayer in the Mass, and musical composition of that prayer, which begins with the words "Agnus Deī...." Declension Agnus<2> Deī Note: The vocative is normally Agnus Deī. Descendants en Agnus Dei pt Agnus Dei agnus dei Cordeiro de Deus calque la Sheep Divine epithets