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- Latin · borrowed frommagnificat
- English todayMagnificat
Borrowed from Latin magnificat, the first word of the Latin version of the canticle.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Magnificat
Today it means: 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. Full definition →
Latin magnificat