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Agnus Dei

Agnus Dei

The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. | 2008 | Copyright

Agnus Dei [Lat.], the Lamb of God, i.e., Jesus. The lamb of the Passover sacrifice is said to prefigure the crucifixion. Isaiah calls the expected Messiah the Lamb of God, and Jesus is met by John the Baptist with the words, "Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world." In the Mass the Agnus Dei, or Lamb of God, is said or sung while the communion bread is being broken for distribution. It is usually the final movement of choral masses. In Anglican worship it is sung during communion. In iconography a lamb with halo and cross is called an Agnus Dei.

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Agnus Dei

The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable | 2006 | | Copyright

Agnus Dei Latin phrase meaning ‘Lamb of God’, in the Christian Church a name for Christ, recorded from late Middle English; Agnus Dei is used both for an invocation beginning with the words ‘Lamb of God’ forming a set part of the Mass, and a figure of a lamb bearing a cross or flag, as an emblem of Christ.
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Agnus Dei

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church | 2000 | | Copyright

Agnus Dei (Lat., ‘Lamb of God’).
1. The formula beginning with the words ‘O Lamb of God’ recited in the liturgy of the W. Church shortly before the Communion.

2. A wax medallion bearing the figure of a lamb, blessed by the Pope in the first year of his pontificate and every 7th year afterwards.
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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions | 1997 | | Copyright

Agnus Dei (Lat., ‘Lamb of God’). The hymn derived from John 1. 29 sung or said during or after the breaking of the bread at communion in W. churches.
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Agnus Dei

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music | 1996 | | Copyright

Agnus Dei (Lamb of God). Part of Ordinary of the Mass. Many settings by various composers.
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Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

Agnus Dei •Agnus Dei, clayey, Pompeii

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Stained glass image of the Lamb of God (Agnus Dei), St. Ignatius church in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts. (Image by John Workman, GFDL)

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