magnificat
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Sentences with the word magnificat
Et l'archevêque entonne son magnificat.Victor Hugo (1802-1885)
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Dictionnaire universel de Furetière (1690)
Historical definition of MAGNIFICAT
Terme de Breviaire. Cantique de la Vierge qu'on chante à l'Eglise à Vespres & au salut. On dit proverbialement, corriger le Magnificat à Matines, pour dire, faire des corrections, des critiques en des lieux où en des temps où il n'y a pas raison de les faire.
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