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Te Deum, etc.

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is usually ascribed to St. Ambrose, but is probably of a much later date. It is said that St. Ambrose improvised this hymn while baptising St. Augustine. In allusion to this tradition, it is sometimes called “the Ambrosian Hymn.”

Te Deum (of ecclesiastical architecture) is a “theological series” of carved figures in niches: (1) of angels, (2) of patriarchs and prophets, (3) of apostles and evangelists, (4) of saints and martyrs, (5) of founders. In the restored west front of Salisbury cathedral there is a “Te Deum,” but the whole 123 original figures have been reduced in number.

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Tattoo
Tattoo (To)
Tau
Taurus [the Bull]
Tawdry
Tawny (The)
Taylor
Taylor’s Institute
Tohin
Tohow Dynasty
Te Deum, etc.
Te Igitur
Teague (A)
Teakettle Broth
Tean or Teian Poet
Teanlay Night
Tear (to rhyme with “snare”)
Tear (to rhyme with “fear”)
Tear Handkerchief (The)
Teaspoon (A)
Teazle (Lady)