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Magnificat

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church | 2000 | | © The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church 2000, originally published by Oxford University Press 2000. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

Magnificat. The song of praise (so called from the opening word of the Latin text) which the BVM sang when her cousin Elizabeth greeted her as the mother of the Lord (Lk. 1: 39–55). From an early date it has been the canticle of Vespers in the W. Church; it was included in Evensong in the BCP and in modern Anglican liturgies retains its place, though sometimes not on every day of the week. In the E. Church it forms part of the Morning Office. Some scholars argue that Lk. originally attributed it to Elizabeth and not to the BVM.

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