Magnificatn.

Brit.

/maɡˈnɪfᵻkat/,

/məɡˈnɪfᵻkat/, U.S.

/mæɡˈnɪfəˌkɑt/

Forms: Old English Magnificaþ, Old English– Magnificat, Middle English Magnyficat, 1600s Magnificate. Also with lower-case initial.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin magnificat.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin magnificat (from late 11th cent. in British sources), short for Magnificat anima mea Dominum my soul praises the Lord, the Vulgate translation of part of Luke 1:46 (Hellenistic Greek μεγαλύνει ἡ ψυχή μοῦ τὸν Κύριον ) and hence the opening words of the hymn of the Virgin Mary in liturgical use (see sense 1). Compare Old French, Middle French magnificat (early 14th cent.). Compare magnify v. and Magnificet n.

1. Christian Church. The hymn of the Virgin Mary in Luke 1:46–55; this hymn used liturgically as a canticle at evensong or vespers. Also: a musical setting of this canticle.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > worship > church music > hymn > kinds of hymn > Magnificat > [noun]

MagnificatOE

society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > vocal music > religious or devotional > [noun] > canticle > specific

MagnificatOE

nunc dimittisOE

Benedictus1549

benedicitec1661

requiem1772

prophecy1853

Agnus1961

OE Blickling Homilies 159 Ond we nu..singan on Marian naman, Magnificat anima mea; forþon heo þus cwæþ þa heo Magnificaþ sang. Min Drihten, gemycla mine sauwle.

OE Metrical Charm: For Unfruitful Land (Calig. A.vii) 42 Sing þonne Benedicite aþenedon earmon and Magnificat and Pater Noster III [i.e. þriwa].

a1225 (c1200) Vices & Virtues (1888) 55 (MED) Ðe hali wordes ðe ic habbe iwriten on magnificat..hie bieð of ðe hali goddspelle, ðe sainte Marie sæde hire self mannen to helpe.

c1230 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Corpus Cambr.) (1962) 16 Ed placebo sitteð aþet Magnificat, alswa ed Dirige.

c1390 Roberd of Cisyle (Vernon) (1930) 35 (MED) In Magnificat he herde a vers; He made a clerk hit him rehers.

?c1430 (c1400) J. Wyclif Eng. Wks. (1880) 169 Ioly chauntynge þat..lettiþ men fro þe sentence of holy writt, as Magnyficat, sanctus, & agnus dei.

c1500 Stations of Jerusalem 724 in C. Horstmann Altengl. Legenden (1881) 2nd Ser. 365/1 Mary..knely[d]..onne a stone, Magnificat sche made anone.

1549 Bk. Common Prayer (STC 16267) Euensong f. v After that (Magnificat..) in Englishe, as foloweth.

1597 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie v. xl. 79 Of reading or singing..Magnificat, Benedictus, and Nunc dimittis oftner then the rest of the Psalmes.

1605 L. Andrewes Serm. Heb. ii. 16 (1629) 8 It brought forth a Benedictus, and a Magnificat, from the true seed of Abraham.

1737 R. Challoner Catholick Christian Instructed xxii. 212 Vespers or Even-song..consist of five Psalms..and the Magnificat, or Canticle of the blessed Virgin Mary, [etc.].

1862 H. W. Longfellow King Robert 6 Robert of Sicily..at vespers, proudly sat And heard the priests chant the Magnificat.

1885 J. King Angl. Hymnology 3 The hymn of Hannah is the prototype of the Virgin Mary's ‘Magnificat’.

1925 W. Cather Professor's House i. ix. 100 Just as soon as the angel had announced to her that she would be the mother of our Lord, the Blessed Virgin composed the Magnificat.

1957 F. L. Cross Oxf. Dict. Christian Church 231/2 In the American Prayer Book of 1789, the ‘Magnificat’ was..replaced by the ‘Cantate’.

1990 Opera Now May 78/1 A period instrument recording of the Magnificat by La Petite Bande under Sigiswald Kuijken.

†2. gen. A song of praise; a paean or eulogy. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > formal expression of praise > [noun] > song

lovingeOE

paean1598

Magnificat1614

praise song1886

1614 T. Jackson Third Bk. Comm. Apostles Creede iii. ix. 179 The lauish Magnificates of present times.

1707 T. Hearne Remarks & Coll. 13 June (1886) II. 20 His magnificat upon Plato is a disparagement to his Cause.

a1711 T. Ken Sion iii, in Wks. (1721) IV. 422 Philothea, Mary-like, in Jesus joy'd And in Magnificats her days employ'd.

1860 F. W. Faber Bethlehem 100 To what numberless unlanguaged and unsung Magnificats did not all this give rise.

1896 Daily News 23 Apr. 5/4 M. Beurdeley delivered himself of a magnificat in honour of the Orleans and MacMahon families.

Phrases

†P1. [Compare Middle French, French (vouloir) corriger (le) magnificat (from 1562)] to correct Magnificat: to find fault presumptuously. to correct Magnificat before one has learnt Te Deum: to attempt that for which one has no qualifications. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

1533 T. Elyot Of Knowl. Wise Man Pref. Accomptyng to be in me no lyttell presumption, that I wylle in notynge other mens vices correct Magnificat.

1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes f. 342^v Suche..y^t will take vpon theim to bee doctours in those thynges in whiche theimselfes haue no skille at all, for whiche wee saie in Englyshe, to correcte Magnificat before he haue learned Te Deum.

1583 B. Melbancke Philotimus sig. E He is to busye,..that correcteth Magnificat, before he can singe Te deum.

1694 R. L'Estrange Fables (1714) cccxiii. 329 Where Subjects take upon them to Correct the Magnificat, and to prescribe to their Superiors.

†P2. [Compare Middle French, French chanter magnificat à matines, and variants (from 1534)] Magnificat at matins: something out of place. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > order > disorder > disharmony or incongruity > unsuitability or inappropriateness > [noun] > instance of > that which is out of place

Magnificat at matins1552

1552 T. Cooper Bibliotheca Eliotæ (rev. ed.) at Lens In lente vnguentum, a prouerbe, signifiying the thing to be absurde: as farre from the purpose as Magnificat from mattens.

1588 L. Andrewes Serm. at Spital (1629) 24 The note is heere all out of place..and so, their note comes in like Magnificat at Matins.

1622 J. Mabbe tr. M. Alemán Rogue ii. 75 To looke to heare a Magnificat at Mattens, or to seeke after the man in the Moone.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	magnificat
释义	Magnificatn. Brit. /maɡˈnɪfᵻkat/, /məɡˈnɪfᵻkat/, U.S. /mæɡˈnɪfəˌkɑt/ Forms: Old English Magnificaþ, Old English– Magnificat, Middle English Magnyficat, 1600s Magnificate. Also with lower-case initial. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin magnificat. Etymology: < post-classical Latin magnificat (from late 11th cent. in British sources), short for Magnificat anima mea Dominum my soul praises the Lord, the Vulgate translation of part of Luke 1:46 (Hellenistic Greek μεγαλύνει ἡ ψυχή μοῦ τὸν Κύριον ) and hence the opening words of the hymn of the Virgin Mary in liturgical use (see sense 1). Compare Old French, Middle French magnificat (early 14th cent.). Compare magnify v. and Magnificet n. 1. Christian Church. The hymn of the Virgin Mary in Luke 1:46–55; this hymn used liturgically as a canticle at evensong or vespers. Also: a musical setting of this canticle. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > church music > hymn > kinds of hymn > Magnificat > [noun] MagnificatOE society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > vocal music > religious or devotional > [noun] > canticle > specific MagnificatOE nunc dimittisOE Benedictus1549 benedicitec1661 requiem1772 prophecy1853 Agnus1961 OE Blickling Homilies 159 Ond we nu..singan on Marian naman, Magnificat anima mea; forþon heo þus cwæþ þa heo Magnificaþ sang. Min Drihten, gemycla mine sauwle. OE Metrical Charm: For Unfruitful Land (Calig. A.vii) 42 Sing þonne Benedicite aþenedon earmon and Magnificat and Pater Noster III [i.e. þriwa]. a1225 (c1200) Vices & Virtues (1888) 55 (MED) Ðe hali wordes ðe ic habbe iwriten on magnificat..hie bieð of ðe hali goddspelle, ðe sainte Marie sæde hire self mannen to helpe. c1230 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Corpus Cambr.) (1962) 16 Ed placebo sitteð aþet Magnificat, alswa ed Dirige. c1390 Roberd of Cisyle (Vernon) (1930) 35 (MED) In Magnificat he herde a vers; He made a clerk hit him rehers. ?c1430 (c1400) J. Wyclif Eng. Wks. (1880) 169 Ioly chauntynge þat..lettiþ men fro þe sentence of holy writt, as Magnyficat, sanctus, & agnus dei. c1500 Stations of Jerusalem 724 in C. Horstmann Altengl. Legenden (1881) 2nd Ser. 365/1 Mary..knely[d]..onne a stone, Magnificat sche made anone. 1549 Bk. Common Prayer (STC 16267) Euensong f. v After that (Magnificat..) in Englishe, as foloweth. 1597 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie v. xl. 79 Of reading or singing..Magnificat, Benedictus, and Nunc dimittis oftner then the rest of the Psalmes. 1605 L. Andrewes Serm. Heb. ii. 16 (1629) 8 It brought forth a Benedictus, and a Magnificat, from the true seed of Abraham. 1737 R. Challoner Catholick Christian Instructed xxii. 212 Vespers or Even-song..consist of five Psalms..and the Magnificat, or Canticle of the blessed Virgin Mary, [etc.]. 1862 H. W. Longfellow King Robert 6 Robert of Sicily..at vespers, proudly sat And heard the priests chant the Magnificat. 1885 J. King Angl. Hymnology 3 The hymn of Hannah is the prototype of the Virgin Mary's ‘Magnificat’. 1925 W. Cather Professor's House i. ix. 100 Just as soon as the angel had announced to her that she would be the mother of our Lord, the Blessed Virgin composed the Magnificat. 1957 F. L. Cross Oxf. Dict. Christian Church 231/2 In the American Prayer Book of 1789, the ‘Magnificat’ was..replaced by the ‘Cantate’. 1990 Opera Now May 78/1 A period instrument recording of the Magnificat by La Petite Bande under Sigiswald Kuijken. †2. gen. A song of praise; a paean or eulogy. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > formal expression of praise > [noun] > song lovingeOE paean1598 Magnificat1614 praise song1886 1614 T. Jackson Third Bk. Comm. Apostles Creede iii. ix. 179 The lauish Magnificates of present times. 1707 T. Hearne Remarks & Coll. 13 June (1886) II. 20 His magnificat upon Plato is a disparagement to his Cause. a1711 T. Ken Sion iii, in Wks. (1721) IV. 422 Philothea, Mary-like, in Jesus joy'd And in Magnificats her days employ'd. 1860 F. W. Faber Bethlehem 100 To what numberless unlanguaged and unsung Magnificats did not all this give rise. 1896 Daily News 23 Apr. 5/4 M. Beurdeley delivered himself of a magnificat in honour of the Orleans and MacMahon families. Phrases †P1. [Compare Middle French, French (vouloir) corriger (le) magnificat (from 1562)] to correct Magnificat: to find fault presumptuously. to correct Magnificat before one has learnt Te Deum: to attempt that for which one has no qualifications. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1533 T. Elyot Of Knowl. Wise Man Pref. Accomptyng to be in me no lyttell presumption, that I wylle in notynge other mens vices correct Magnificat. 1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes f. 342^v Suche..y^t will take vpon theim to bee doctours in those thynges in whiche theimselfes haue no skille at all, for whiche wee saie in Englyshe, to correcte Magnificat before he haue learned Te Deum. 1583 B. Melbancke Philotimus sig. E He is to busye,..that correcteth Magnificat, before he can singe Te deum. 1694 R. L'Estrange Fables (1714) cccxiii. 329 Where Subjects take upon them to Correct the Magnificat, and to prescribe to their Superiors. †P2. [Compare Middle French, French chanter magnificat à matines, and variants (from 1534)] Magnificat at matins: something out of place. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > disorder > disharmony or incongruity > unsuitability or inappropriateness > [noun] > instance of > that which is out of place Magnificat at matins1552 1552 T. Cooper Bibliotheca Eliotæ (rev. ed.) at Lens In lente vnguentum, a prouerbe, signifiying the thing to be absurde: as farre from the purpose as Magnificat from mattens. 1588 L. Andrewes Serm. at Spital (1629) 24 The note is heere all out of place..and so, their note comes in like Magnificat at Matins. 1622 J. Mabbe tr. M. Alemán Rogue ii. 75 To looke to heare a Magnificat at Mattens, or to seeke after the man in the Moone. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.OE
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