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‖ Te Deum|ˈtiː ˈdiːəm|
[From the opening words of the Latin original, Te Deum laudamus, ‘Thee, God, we praise’.]
An ancient Latin hymn of praise in the form of a psalm, sung as a thanksgiving on special occasions, as after a victory or deliverance; also regularly at Matins in the R.C. Ch., and (in an English translation) at Morning Prayer in the Church of England.
c961æthelwold Rule St. Benet xi. (1885) 35 æfter þæm glorian þæs feorþan repses beginne se abbod þæne lofsang Te deum laudamus. [So in c 1200 Winteney Rule St. Benet xi. 47.] c1386Chaucer Sompn. T. 158 Te deum was oure song and no thyng elles. c1485Digby Myst. iii. 2140 Te Deum lavdamus lett vs syng. 1547–8Rec. St. Mary at Hill 387 Item, for iiij songe bokes of te deum in Englisshe..viij d. 1613Shakes. Hen. VIII, iv. i. 92 The Quire With all the choysest Musicke of the Kingdome Together sung Te Deum. 1822Byron Werner v. i. 94 ‘Te Deum’ peal'd from nations. 1896C. K. Paul tr. Huysman's En Route viii. 107 Standing, he intoned the ‘Te Deum’.
b. With a and in pl. Te Deums, in reference to a recital of this, or (allusively) to any public utterance of praise to God; also, a service of (public) thanksgiving marked by the singing of this hymn.
1679Shadwell True Widow i. 3 At home they are alwayes roaring out Te Deums for Stealing of some Town or other. 1711Lond. Gaz. No. 4794/3 Letters from France begin to own that their Te Deum cost them extreamly dear. 1903Morley Gladstone I. iv. x. 615 The archbishop ordered a Te Deum. Neither te-deums nor prayers melted the heart of the British cabinet.
c. A musical setting of this hymn.
1864[Jackson's Te Deum regularly used in church services.] 1880W. H. Husk in Grove's Dict. Mus. I. 625/1 In addition to the before-named compositions, Greene produced a Te Deum in D major, with orchestral accompaniments.
d. attrib. and Comb.
1874Ruskin Fors Clav. xlv. (1896) II. 419 Te-Deum-singing Princes. 1896Daily News 4 Aug. 3/7 A Te Deum mass in celebration of the birthday of the Empress Dowager of Russia took place yesterday at the Orthodox Church in the Rue Daru in Paris.
Hence ˈTe-ˈDeuming (nonce-wd.), the singing of a Te Deum or Te Deums.
1862Carlyle Fredk. Gt. xiii. vii. (1873) V. 82 With much processioning, blaring and te-deum-ing. 1864Ibid. xv. i. V. 270 Te-deum-ing on an extensive scale. |