Agnus Dei - Wiktionary

See also: agnus dei, agnus Dei, and Agnusdei

English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin Agnus Deī (“Lamb of God”).

Pronunciation

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• IPA(key): /ˌæɡnəs ˈdeɪ.i/, /ˌɑːnjus ˈdeɪ.i/

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Noun

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Agnus Dei (plural Agnus Deis or Agnus Dei)

1. (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.]
2. (Roman Catholicism, heraldry) A small model, picture, or heraldic representation of a lamb with a cross and sometimes a flag (usually white with a red cross).
3. (Roman Catholicism) A bar of wax imprinted with a similar shape and blessed by the Pope. [from 16th c.]
   • 1796, Matthew Lewis, The Monk, Folio Society, published 1985, page 194: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.
   • 1971, Keith Thomas, Religion and the Decline of Magic, Folio Society, published 2012, page 28:The most common of these amulets was the agnus dei, a small wax cake, originally made out of paschal candles and blessed by the Pope, bearing the image of the lamb and flag.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

[edit] part of the Mass; music to which it is set

Catalan: agnus-dei (ca) m Chinese: Mandarin: 天主羔羊 (Tiānzhǔ Gāoyáng) Danish: agnus dei Finnish: Jumalan Karitsa Galician: año de Deus Indonesian: Agnus Dei Portuguese: agnus dei m Russian: а́гнец бо́жий m (ágnec bóžij) (sometimes capitalised) Tagalog: Kordero ng Diyos

model or picture of a lamb with a cross

Catalan: agnus-dei (ca) m Chinese: Mandarin: 上帝羔羊 (Shàngdì Gāoyáng) Danish: gudslam Finnish: Jumalan Karitsa Galician: año de Deus Greek: ο αμνός του Θεού m (o amnós tou Theoú) Russian: а́гнец бо́жий m (ágnec bóžij) (sometimes capitalised) Spanish: Cordero de Dios (es) Swedish: Agnus Dei, gudslamm n

See also

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• Lamb of God

Anagrams

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• agnuside, guanides

Indonesian

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Indonesian Wikipedia has an article on:Agnus DeiWikipedia id

Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Latin Agnus Deī.

Pronunciation

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• (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˌaɡnus ˈdəi̯/ [ˌak̚.nʊs ˈdəi̯]
• Rhymes: -əi̯
• Syllabification: Ag‧nus Dei

Proper noun

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Agnus Dei

1. (Christianity) Agnus Dei

Further reading

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• “Agnus Dei”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Latin

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Etymology

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Calque of Ancient Greek Ἀμνὸς τοῦ Θεοῦ (Amnòs toû Theoû). The name refers to Jesus' role as a sacrificial lamb that is (voluntarily) slaughtered on the Cross.

Pronunciation

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• (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈaŋ.nʊs ˈde.iː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈaɲ.ɲus ˈdɛː.i]

Noun

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Agnus Deī m sg (genitive Agnī Deī); second declension (Christianity, Ecclesiastical Latin)

1. Literally, “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. Agnus Deī, quī tollis peccāta mundī...Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world...
2. prayer in the Mass, and musical composition of that prayer, which begins with the words "Agnus Deī...."

Declension

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Second-declension noun with an indeclinable portion, singular only.

singular
nominative	Agnus Deī
genitive	Agnī Deī
dative	Agnō Deī
accusative	Agnum Deī
ablative	Agnō Deī
vocative	Agne Deī

Note: The vocative is normally Agnus Deī.

Descendants

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• English: Agnus Dei
• Portuguese: Agnus Dei, agnus dei, Cordeiro de Deus (calque)