Te Deumn.
/ˈtiː ˈdiːəm/ a. 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 Roman Catholic Church, and (in an English translation) at Morning Prayer in the Church of England.
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society > faith > worship > church music > hymn > kinds of hymn > thanksgiving > [noun]
Te DeumOE
paean1603
society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > vocal music > religious or devotional > [noun] > hymn or song of praise > specific hymn
Te DeumOE
trisagiona1387
exultand1519
tragedy1546
goat song1678
Tantum ergo1709
Exultet1869
OE Rule St. Benet (Corpus Cambr.) xi. 35 Æfter þæm glorian þæs feorþan repses beginne se abbod þæne lofsang Te deum laudamus. [So in c1200 Winteney Rule St. Benet xi. 47.]
c1386 G. Chaucer Summoner's Tale 158 Te deum was oure song and no thyng elles.
c1485 Digby Myst. iii. 2140 Te Deum lavdamus lett vs syng.
1547–8 in H. Littlehales Medieval Rec. London City Church (1905) 387 Item, for iiij songe bokes of te deum in Englisshe..viij d.
1623 W. Shakespeare & J. Fletcher Henry VIII iv. i. 94 The Quire With all the choysest Musicke of the Kingdome, Together sung Te Deum.
1822 Ld. Byron Werner v. i. 94 ‘Te Deum’ peal'd from nations.
1896 C. K. Paul tr. J.-K. Huysman En Route viii. 107 Standing, he intoned the ‘Te Deum’.
b. With a and in plural 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.
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society > faith > worship > church music > hymn > [noun]
hymnc825
psalmeOE
lof-songeOE
canticlea1325
cantic1483
Te Deum1679
hymnica1834
Yigdal1845
spiritual1858
Sankey1887
kirtan1898
bhajan1914
Hare Krishna1968
society > faith > worship > observance, ritual > kinds of rite > thanksgiving > [noun]
supplication1600
thanksgiving1641
Te Deum1679
1679 T. Shadwell True Widow i. 3 At home they are alwayes roaring out Te Deums for Stealing of some Town or other.
1711 London Gaz. No. 4794/3 Letters from France begin to own that their Te Deum cost them extreamly dear.
1903 J. Morley Life 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.
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society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > vocal music > religious or devotional > [noun] > hymn or song of praise > specific hymn > musical setting
Te Deum1864
1864 [Jackson's Te Deum regularly used in church services.]
1880 W. H. Husk in Grove's Dict. Music I. 625/1 In addition to the before-named compositions, Greene produced a Te Deum in D major, with orchestral accompaniments.
Compounds
attributive and in other combinations.
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1874 J. Ruskin Fors Clavigera (1896) II. xlv. 419 Te-Deum-singing Princes.
1896 Daily 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.
Derivatives
ˈTe-ˈDeuming n. the singing of a Te Deum or Te Deums.Apparently only in Thomas Carlyle's History of Friedrich II of Prussia.
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society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > singing > [noun] > singing of anthems
antheminga1833
Te-Deuming1862
society > faith > worship > church music > hymn > kinds of hymn > thanksgiving > [noun] > performance of
paeanism1669
Te-Deuming1862
1862 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia III. xiii. vii. 509 With much processioning, blaring and te-deum-ing.
1864 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia IV. xv. i. 9 Te-deum-ing on an extensive scale.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online September 2019).
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