Venite

[ vi-nahy-tee, ve-nee-tey ]

noun

1. the 95th Psalm (94th in the Vulgate and Douay), used as a canticle at matins or morning prayers.
2. a musical setting of this psalm.

Venite

/ vɪˈnaɪtɪ /

noun

1. ecclesiast the opening word of the 95th psalm, an invitatory prayer at matins
2. a musical setting of this

Word History and Origins

Origin of Venite¹

1175–1225; Middle English < Latin: come ye; so called from the first word of Vulgate text

Word History and Origins

Origin of Venite¹

Latin: come ye

Example Sentences

"C'est bien ici que nous devons accourir avec joie et redire ce chant triomphant de l'�glise: Adeste, fideles, l�ti triumphantes; venite, venite in Bethleem."

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Regem venturum Dominum venite adoremus.

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“Venite ad me omnes qui laboratis, et onerati estis.”

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Venite, vē-nī′tē, n. in liturgics, the 95th Psalm.

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"Get up for the Venite," whispers Aunt Cordelia, and Emmy Lou who has lost herself on her knees gets up, pink with the defection.

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