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Originally appearing in Volume V03, Page 724 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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BENEDICTUS , the hymn of See also:

Zacharias (See also:Luke i. 68 sqq.), so called from the opening word of the Latin version. The hymn has been used in See also:Christian See also:worship since at least the 9th See also:century, and was adopted into the See also:Anglican See also:Order of See also:Morning See also:Prayer from the See also:Roman service of matin-lauds. In the Prayer-See also:Book of 1549 there was no alternative to the Benedictus; it was to be used " throughout the whole See also:year." In 1552 the Jubilate was inserted without any restriction as to how often it should take the See also:place of the Benedictus. Such restriction is clearly implied in the words " except when that (Benedictus) shall happen to be read in the See also:chapter for the See also:day, or for the See also:Gospel on See also:Saint See also:John Baptist's day," which were inserted in 1662. The See also:rubric of 1532 had this curious wording: " And after the Second See also:Lesson shall be used and said, Benedictus in See also:English, as followeth." The name is also given to a See also:part of the Roman See also:Catholic See also:mass service beginning Benedictus qui vent.

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