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Webster 1913 Edition

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Noun.

[L., it magnifies.]

The song of the Virgin Mary,

Luke i. 46

; – so called because it commences with this word in the Vulgate.

See also: magnificat

Magnificat

(music) The liturgical canticle of the Virgin Mary, sung in Christian churches; taken from her reported words upon the occasion of her Visitation to her cousin Elizabeth.

See also: Magnificat

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