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Agnus Dei   Listen
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Agnus Dei  n.  (R. C. Ch.)
(a)
A figure of a lamb bearing a cross or flag.
(b)
A cake of wax stamped with such a figure. It is made from the remains of the paschal candles and blessed by the Pope.
(c)
A triple prayer in the sacrifice of the Mass, beginning with the words "Agnus Dei."






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"Agnus Dei" Quotes from Famous Books



... used in Spanish, as—Accessit, deficit, fiat, ultimatum, agnus dei, etc., do not change for ...
— Pitman's Commercial Spanish Grammar (2nd ed.) • C. A. Toledano

... remarkable. Every day she visited the church to practice at the organ. This became the purpose of her life. Yet of all the pieces two were performed most frequently in her daily practice, the one being the Agnus Dei; the other, the [Greek: teleutaion aspasmon] of St. John ...
— Cord and Creese • James de Mille



Words linked to "Agnus Dei" :   allegory, prayer, emblem, Paschal Lamb



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