Agnus dei

//ˌæɡnəs ˈdeɪ.i// noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A liturgical chant recited as part of the Mass, beginning with those words, or the music to which it is set.
  2. 2
    a liturgical prayer beginning with these Latin words wordnet
  3. 3
    A small model, picture, or heraldic representation of a lamb with a cross and sometimes a flag (usually white with a red cross).
  4. 4
    figure of a lamb; emblematic of Christ wordnet
  5. 5
    A bar of wax imprinted with a similar shape and blessed by the Pope.

    "Matilda continued her incantations; at intervals she took various items from the basket, the nature and name of most of which were unknown to the friar: but among the few which he distinguished, he particularly observed three human fingers, and an agnus dei, which she broke in pieces."

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Agnus Deī (“Lamb of God”).

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