Agnus Dein.

Brit.

/ˌaɡnᵿs ˈdeɪiː/, U.S.

/ˌɑɡˌnʊs ˈdeɪˌi/,

/ˌæɡˌnʊs ˈdeɪˌi/,

/ˌɑɡnəs ˈdeɪˌi/,

/ˌæɡnəs ˈdeɪˌi/

Inflections: Plural unchanged, Agnus Deis, (rare) Agni Dei.

Forms: Old English– Agnus Dei, Middle English Awnus Day.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin Agnus Dei.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin Agnus Dei Lamb of God (Vulgate), part of the Mass beginning with the words Agnus Dei (7th cent.), consecrated wax image of the Lamb of God (mid 8th cent.) < classical Latin agnus lamb ( < the same Indo-European base as ancient Greek ἀμνός lamb) + Deī , genitive of Deus god (see deus int.). Compare the Lamb of God at lamb n.¹ 3a.

Christian Church.

1. A liturgical chant beginning with the words Agnus Dei (‘Lamb of God’), sung or said shortly before the reception of Communion in the Roman Catholic Mass (and, later, in the Eucharistic liturgies of some Anglican and other Protestant churches); a musical setting of this chant.

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Agnus DeiOE

Agnusa1400

OE tr. Bili St. Machutus 14 Hie..þa mæssan mærsiende wæron..& þa þa hit to agnus dei cumen wæs [L. ut ad agnus dei uentus est], þa wearþ astyred seo stow þær seo mæsse geweorþad wæs.

OE Ælfric Let. to Wulfsige (Corpus Cambr.) in B. Fehr Die Hirtenbriefe Ælfrics (1914) 29 On þone easteræfen ne sy gesungen æt þære mæssan offerenda ne agnus dei ne communia.

c1390 in F. J. Furnivall Minor Poems Vernon MS (1901) ii. 508 Whon þe pater noster is don, To þe Agnus dei he goþ ful son... ‘Godes lomb’ hit is to sei.

a1425 J. Wyclif Sel. Eng. Wks. (1869) I. 137 Bitwene þe sacringe of þe masse and þe þridde Agnus Dei.

c1475 (?c1400) Apol. Lollard Doctr. (1842) 8 Bi-twex þe consecracioun & Agnus Dei.

1480 Cronicles Eng. (Caxton) ccxxx. sig. q4 After the iij. Agnus dei y seid.

1528 Rede me & be nott Wrothe sig. b iij^v Fare wele O holy consecration, With blyssed sanctus and agnus dei.

1677 W. Hughes Man of Sin ii. viii. 123 You must be sure to nick the Season; 'Tis at the Masse, just between the Elevation of our Lord, and the three Agnus Dei.

1723 tr. N. Menin Hist. Treat. Anointing Kings & Queens France xix. 259 At the Agnus Dei, the second Prelate ascends the Scaffold to the Throne.

1817 W. Gardner tr. ‘L. A. C. Bombet’ Lives Haydn & Mozart xvi. 215 His [sc. Haydn's] Agnus Dei are full of tenderness. Turn more particularly to that in the mass, No. 4; it is celestial music.

1867 in C. Walker Ritual Reason Why x. 160 What is the Agnus Dei? It is an anthem sung by the choir during the Communion of the priest... The Choir sing thrice: ‘O Lamb of God, that takest away the sins of the world’, adding twice: ‘have mercy upon us’, and the third time: ‘Grant us Thy peace’.

1887 Church Times 30 Dec. 1082/3 The music throughout was of the simplest character, the Kyrie, Benedictus and Agnus Dei being sung to Merbecke.

1920 J. E. Field Eng. Liturgies of 1549 & 1661 iv. 221 In the revision of the English rite in 1552, the post-communion anthem being omitted and the Agnus Dei being incorporated into the Gloria in Excelsis, this embodies both the communion and the post-communion hymns in one.

1974 F. L. Cross & E. A. Livingstone Oxf. Dict. Christian Church (ed. 2) 41/2 The Offertory leads directly to the Thanksgiving... The Fraction, which follows, may be accompanied by the Agnus Dei.

2009 G. D. Gill Mus. in Catholic Liturgy iii. vi. 78 The singing of the Agnus Dei should concur with the actual breaking of the bread.

2. (a) A figure of a lamb bearing a cross or flag, as a symbol of Christ. (b) A cake of wax stamped with such a figure and blessed by the Pope.

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Agnus Deic1450

Agnus1612

Holy Lamb1823

c1450 in A. Macdonald & J. Dennistoun Misc. Maitland Club (1842) III. i. 203 Ane gret Agnus Dei with relikis.

1527 in J. S. Brewer Lett. & Papers Reign Henry VIII (1872) (modernized text) IV. ii. 1457 A gold Agnus Dei , graven with Our Lady and St. George, 26s. 8d.

1583 Ld. Burghley Execution of Iustice sig. Eiv Their Cakes of waxe which they call Agnus Dei.

1596 W. Warner Albions Eng. (rev. ed.) x. lvi. 250 An Agnus-Dei bout her necke, a crost-Christ in her hand.

1629 L. Owen Speculum Iesuiticum (new ed.) 44 Such little Cristall glasses, as Papists do vse to weare about their necks, with an Agnus Dei inclosed betweene them.

1673 J. Milton True Relig. in Wks. (1851) 418 Masses for him both quick and dead, Agnus Dei's, Reliques, and the like.

1719 in G. Lamoine Charges to Grand Jury (1992) 133 And such as bring in Agnus Dei's, and the like vain and Superstitious Trinkets, and deliver them to any Subject of their Realm, are guilty of a Præmunire.

1749 Scots Mag. Aug. 400/1 The Agnus Dei is an oval piece of white wax, mixed up with the powder of dead people's bones.

1759 W. Robertson Hist. Scotl. vii, in Hist. Wks. (1813) I. 527 An Agnus Dei hung by a pomander chain at her neck.

1835 Parterre 28 Feb. 132/2 Having performed the station of the seven churches,..and loaded myself with beads and agnus deis, I determined to go to Naples.

1885 Times 30 Apr. 7/6 Delicately engraved representations of the Agnus Dei and the Pelican in her piety.

1922 J. Joyce Ulysses xv. 431 She hauls up a reef of skirt and ransacks the pouch of her striped blay petticoat. A phial, an Agnus Dei, a shrivelled potato and a celluloid doll fall out.

1989 R. E. Guiley Encycl. Witches & Witchcraft 57/2 The most common charm was the agnus dei, a small wax cake, originally made out of paschal candles, bearing images of the lamb and the flag.

2000 R. King Brunelleschi's Dome (2001) xix. 161 Tourists begin their climb in the southwestern pier, passing first through the Porta dei Canonici and then through a much smaller door bearing an agnus dei , the emblem of the Wool Guild.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	agnus dei
释义	Agnus Dein. Brit. /ˌaɡnᵿs ˈdeɪiː/, U.S. /ˌɑɡˌnʊs ˈdeɪˌi/, /ˌæɡˌnʊs ˈdeɪˌi/, /ˌɑɡnəs ˈdeɪˌi/, /ˌæɡnəs ˈdeɪˌi/ Inflections: Plural unchanged, Agnus Deis, (rare) Agni Dei. Forms: Old English– Agnus Dei, Middle English Awnus Day. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin Agnus Dei. Etymology: < post-classical Latin Agnus Dei Lamb of God (Vulgate), part of the Mass beginning with the words Agnus Dei (7th cent.), consecrated wax image of the Lamb of God (mid 8th cent.) < classical Latin agnus lamb ( < the same Indo-European base as ancient Greek ἀμνός lamb) + Deī , genitive of Deus god (see deus int.). Compare the Lamb of God at lamb n.¹ 3a. Christian Church. 1. A liturgical chant beginning with the words Agnus Dei (‘Lamb of God’), sung or said shortly before the reception of Communion in the Roman Catholic Mass (and, later, in the Eucharistic liturgies of some Anglican and other Protestant churches); a musical setting of this chant. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > parts of service > Agnus Dei > [noun] Agnus DeiOE Agnusa1400 OE tr. Bili St. Machutus 14 Hie..þa mæssan mærsiende wæron..& þa þa hit to agnus dei cumen wæs [L. ut ad agnus dei uentus est], þa wearþ astyred seo stow þær seo mæsse geweorþad wæs. OE Ælfric Let. to Wulfsige (Corpus Cambr.) in B. Fehr Die Hirtenbriefe Ælfrics (1914) 29 On þone easteræfen ne sy gesungen æt þære mæssan offerenda ne agnus dei ne communia. c1390 in F. J. Furnivall Minor Poems Vernon MS (1901) ii. 508 Whon þe pater noster is don, To þe Agnus dei he goþ ful son... ‘Godes lomb’ hit is to sei. a1425 J. Wyclif Sel. Eng. Wks. (1869) I. 137 Bitwene þe sacringe of þe masse and þe þridde Agnus Dei. c1475 (?c1400) Apol. Lollard Doctr. (1842) 8 Bi-twex þe consecracioun & Agnus Dei. 1480 Cronicles Eng. (Caxton) ccxxx. sig. q4 After the iij. Agnus dei y seid. 1528 Rede me & be nott Wrothe sig. b iij^v Fare wele O holy consecration, With blyssed sanctus and agnus dei. 1677 W. Hughes Man of Sin ii. viii. 123 You must be sure to nick the Season; 'Tis at the Masse, just between the Elevation of our Lord, and the three Agnus Dei. 1723 tr. N. Menin Hist. Treat. Anointing Kings & Queens France xix. 259 At the Agnus Dei, the second Prelate ascends the Scaffold to the Throne. 1817 W. Gardner tr. ‘L. A. C. Bombet’ Lives Haydn & Mozart xvi. 215 His [sc. Haydn's] Agnus Dei are full of tenderness. Turn more particularly to that in the mass, No. 4; it is celestial music. 1867 in C. Walker Ritual Reason Why x. 160 What is the Agnus Dei? It is an anthem sung by the choir during the Communion of the priest... The Choir sing thrice: ‘O Lamb of God, that takest away the sins of the world’, adding twice: ‘have mercy upon us’, and the third time: ‘Grant us Thy peace’. 1887 Church Times 30 Dec. 1082/3 The music throughout was of the simplest character, the Kyrie, Benedictus and Agnus Dei being sung to Merbecke. 1920 J. E. Field Eng. Liturgies of 1549 & 1661 iv. 221 In the revision of the English rite in 1552, the post-communion anthem being omitted and the Agnus Dei being incorporated into the Gloria in Excelsis, this embodies both the communion and the post-communion hymns in one. 1974 F. L. Cross & E. A. Livingstone Oxf. Dict. Christian Church (ed. 2) 41/2 The Offertory leads directly to the Thanksgiving... The Fraction, which follows, may be accompanied by the Agnus Dei. 2009 G. D. Gill Mus. in Catholic Liturgy iii. vi. 78 The singing of the Agnus Dei should concur with the actual breaking of the bread. 2. (a) A figure of a lamb bearing a cross or flag, as a symbol of Christ. (b) A cake of wax stamped with such a figure and blessed by the Pope. ΘΚΠ society > faith > artefacts > symbol (general) > Christian symbols or images > [noun] > paschal lamb Agnus Deic1450 Agnus1612 Holy Lamb1823 c1450 in A. Macdonald & J. Dennistoun Misc. Maitland Club (1842) III. i. 203 Ane gret Agnus Dei with relikis. 1527 in J. S. Brewer Lett. & Papers Reign Henry VIII (1872) (modernized text) IV. ii. 1457 A gold Agnus Dei , graven with Our Lady and St. George, 26s. 8d. 1583 Ld. Burghley Execution of Iustice sig. Eiv Their Cakes of waxe which they call Agnus Dei. 1596 W. Warner Albions Eng. (rev. ed.) x. lvi. 250 An Agnus-Dei bout her necke, a crost-Christ in her hand. 1629 L. Owen Speculum Iesuiticum (new ed.) 44 Such little Cristall glasses, as Papists do vse to weare about their necks, with an Agnus Dei inclosed betweene them. 1673 J. Milton True Relig. in Wks. (1851) 418 Masses for him both quick and dead, Agnus Dei's, Reliques, and the like. 1719 in G. Lamoine Charges to Grand Jury (1992) 133 And such as bring in Agnus Dei's, and the like vain and Superstitious Trinkets, and deliver them to any Subject of their Realm, are guilty of a Præmunire. 1749 Scots Mag. Aug. 400/1 The Agnus Dei is an oval piece of white wax, mixed up with the powder of dead people's bones. 1759 W. Robertson Hist. Scotl. vii, in Hist. Wks. (1813) I. 527 An Agnus Dei hung by a pomander chain at her neck. 1835 Parterre 28 Feb. 132/2 Having performed the station of the seven churches,..and loaded myself with beads and agnus deis, I determined to go to Naples. 1885 Times 30 Apr. 7/6 Delicately engraved representations of the Agnus Dei and the Pelican in her piety. 1922 J. Joyce Ulysses xv. 431 She hauls up a reef of skirt and ransacks the pouch of her striped blay petticoat. A phial, an Agnus Dei, a shrivelled potato and a celluloid doll fall out. 1989 R. E. Guiley Encycl. Witches & Witchcraft 57/2 The most common charm was the agnus dei, a small wax cake, originally made out of paschal candles, bearing images of the lamb and the flag. 2000 R. King Brunelleschi's Dome (2001) xix. 161 Tourists begin their climb in the southwestern pier, passing first through the Porta dei Canonici and then through a much smaller door bearing an agnus dei , the emblem of the Wool Guild. 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