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noun
In medieval music, a mnemonic for the Latin words saeculōrum and āmēn (from “ [...] in saecula saeculōrum. Āmēn.” from the Gloria Patri doxology), used in liturgical works to indicate how the words should be sung with various cadences.
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Usage: no-plural
Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
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noun
A cadence used to sing those words of the Gloria Patri.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly, no-plural
Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
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History
From the vowels in the last two words of the final phrase of the Gloria Patri doxology in Latin: “[...] in saecula saeculōrum. Āmēn.” (literally “[...] into ages of ages (for ever and ever). Amen.”). In liturgical works used in Gregorian chant, instead of repeating the words, the letters were printed under musical notes to indicate how the syllables of the words should be sung in different melodies.
