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‖ opus Dei|ˈɒpəs ˈdeɪiː|
[med.L. (attributed to St. Benedict).]
1. Eccl. The work of God, spec. the Divine Office, or liturgical worship in general, seen as man's primary duty to God.
[c530–540Rule of St. Benedict (1952) xliii. 102 Ad horam divini Officii mox auditum fuerit signum, relictis omnibus quaelibet fuerint in manibus, summa cum festinatione curratur... Ergo nihil operi Dei praeponatur.] 1887F. C. Doyle Teaching of St. Benedict xix. 141 An ‘opus Dei’—namely, the ‘care of souls’, which, according to the teaching of theologians, is even more the ‘work of God’ than psalmody. 1896F. A. Gasquet in C. F. De Montalembert Monks of West I. p. xiii, The Divine Office was the daily service and formal homage rendered to the Divine Majesty. This, the opus Dei, was the crown of the whole structure of the monastic edifice. 1907Cath. Encycl. II. 469/2 This public worship of God, the opus Dei, was to form the chief work of his monks. 1921J. McCann tr. Delatte's Commentary on Rule of St. Benedict viii. 133 Our Holy Father and other ancient writers are well inspired when they call the liturgy in its totality the Opus Dei (Work of God). 1929R. Eaton Benedictines of Colwich iv. 47 The nuns were desolate of all spiritual help..their one consolation being to continue the ‘Opus Dei’ as best they could in the dismantled chapel. 1939J. Chapman St. Benedict & Sixth Cent. v. 86 St. Gregory the Great follows St. Benedict in the habitual use of opus Dei. 1969R. Godden In this House of Brede ii. 71 ‘Everything we do..,’ said Dame Clare, ‘our work, our reading, our private prayer, even our meals..are simply pauses, meant to prepare ourselves for real work, the Opus Dei.’ 1977Church Times 5 Aug. 10/4 The complete Opus Dei—Mattins, Solemn Eucharist and Evensong—is sung at Edington Priory Church..from Sunday evening, August 21, until the following Sunday morning by cathedral and collegiate choristers.
2. (With capital initials.) The name of a Roman Catholic organization of laymen and priests founded in Spain in 1928 with the purpose of re-establishing Christian ideals in society through the implementation of them in the lives of its members. So Opusdeˈista, a member of this organization.
1954V. S. Pritchett Spanish Temper v. 99 The infiltrations of the members of Opus Dei who work, exactly in communist fashion, to frustrate professional groups. 1960Spectator 25 Nov. 803 The organisation..is known as Opus Dei; the Jesuits call it ‘The White Freemasonry’. 1961Ibid. 9 June 830 A group of Opus Dei economists within the Spanish Government. 1967G. Hills Franco xv. 432 Ullastres and Navarro Rubio were known to be..members of a religious society, Opus Dei, men pledged by a solemn vow to the dedication to God of all their professional talents. 1968K. Bird Smash Glass Image vi. 79 Hostile to the Government..were monarchists, liberals, Christian Democrats, Communists, anarchists, the Opus Dei. 1970J. W. D. Trythall Franco ix. 226 Members of Opus Dei, like freemasons, form the sort of semi-secret, loosely organised body that everybody who is not a member regards as a conspiracy. 1973L. Mackenzie in Govt. & Opposition VIII. 72 The Opus Dei was founded as a religious organization in 1928 by Father Escrivá de Balaguer in Spain. 1974Encycl. Brit. Micropædia VII. 557/2 The two economic ministries were entrusted to Opusdeistas, and since that time [sc. 1956] other members of Opus Dei have held ministerial posts and other positions in government. |