tedet, teadt (ted)

[OF. tede = Sp. tea = Pg. ted a = It. ted a, IMG:content-0020.png:[blocks in formation] Exce ively minute works in the semi- tedesco style, then in fashion. C. C. Perkins, Italian Sculpture, p. 51, note. Alla tedesca, in music , in the German style. Te Deum (tē dē'um). [So called from the first words, " Te Deum laudamus," 'Thee, God, we praise': te (= E. thee ), acc. sing. of the pers. pron. tu, thou (= E. thou ); deum, acc. sing. of deus, god: see deity.] 1. An ancient hymn, in the form of a psalm, sung at matins, or morning prayer, in the Roman Catholic and in the Anglican Church, and also separately as a service of thanksgiving on special occasions. The Te Deum is first mentioned early in the sixth century. Its authorship is popularly attributed to St. Ambrose and St. Augustine, but it probably a umed nearly its present form fourth century, during the and nian controversies, though in substance it seems to be still older, St. Cyprian in A. D. 252 using words closely similar to the seventh, eighth, and ninth verses, and several of the latter verses ("Day by day," etc.) agreeing with part of an ancient Greek hymn, preserved in the Alexandrian Codex, the beginning of which is a form of the Gloria in Excels is. Originally it was obviously modeled on the preface and great interce ion of a primitive liturgy, probably African, of the type of the liturgy of St. James (see liturgy ). In the Roman Catholic hour-offices the Te Deum is sung at the close of matins on Sun days and feast-days, but not in Advent nor from Septuagesima to Easter, except on feasts, and also in the ferial office from Easter to Pentecost. In the Anglican morning prayer, condensed from the Sarum matins, lauds, and prime, the Te Deum marks the close of matins. The Benedicite, taken from lauds, is used as its alternate, and in many churches the Te Deum is not sung in Advent or Lent. Also, more fully, Te Deum Laudamus . God fought for us. Do we all holy rites; Let there be sung "Non nob is" and " Te Deum ." Shak., Hen. V., iv. 8. 128. 2. A musical setting of this hymn. Hence3. A thanksgiving service in which this hymn forms a principal part.