English
Magnificat and Nunc dimittis
From Magnificat + and + Nunc dimittis.
A compound of Magnificat + and + Nunc dimittis
Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂s ‘big, great’
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Proto-Italic *magnos ‘great’
Latin magnus ‘great, large, big’
Latin magnificus ‘noble, august’
Latin magnificō ‘to magnify’
English Magnificat
Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- ‘face’
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Proto-Germanic *andi ‘in addition’
Proto-West Germanic *andi
Old English and
Middle English and ‘and’
English and
Today it means
noun A musical setting of the Magnificat and Nunc dimittis to be sung at evensong; especially when written and published as a pair.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
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