benedictus

[Lat. = ble ed.] Eccles . (in Christian worship ): 1. The name given to the hymn of Zacharias (Luke i. 68), used as a Canticle in the Morning Service of the Church of England to follow the Le ons. This position it has occupied from very ancient times. It is also used in the Church of Rome. 2. A portion of the Ma Service in the Church of Rome commencing "Benedictus qui venit," following the Sanctus. 3. A musical setting of either of the above, but more generally of (2).