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cantate|kænˈteɪtiː, kænˈtɑːteɪ|
[a. L. cantate ‘sing ye’, the first word of the psalm.]
The ninety-eighth psalm (ninety-seventh in the Vulgate) used as a canticle (e.g. as an alternative to the Magnificat at Evening Prayer in the Church of England).
Cantate Sunday, the fourth Sunday after Easter, so called because the introit for that day is taken from this psalm.
c1550Bale K. Johan (Camden) 65 Now may we synge Cantate, And crowe Confitebor with a joyfull Jubilate. 1880Grove's Dict. Mus. I. 305/2 The 17th canon of the council of Laodicea appointed lessons and psalms to be read alternately; and on this principle the ‘Cantate’ is to be considered as a ‘responsory psalm’ coming between the lessons. Ibid., ‘Cantate Services’ are..rare. 1957Oxf. Dict. Chr. Church 231/2 In the American Prayer Book of 1789, the ‘Magnificat’ was..replaced by the ‘Cantate’. |