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Webster 1913 Edition


Magnificat


Mag-nif′i-cat

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Noun.
[L., it magnifies.]
The song of the Virgin Mary,
Luke i. 46
; – so called because it commences with this word in the Vulgate.

Definition 2024


Magnificat

Magnificat

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English

Proper noun

Magnificat

  1. (music) The liturgical canticle of the Virgin Mary, sung in Christian churches; taken from her reported words upon the occasion of her Visitation to her cousin Elizabeth.

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Latin

Verb

magnificat

  1. third-person singular present active indicative of magnificō