Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- The alternate petitions, such as the versicles and suffrages, which pass conjointly between the clergyman and the congregation in liturgical churches; specifically, in the English choral service, those versicles (with the Gloria Patri) which immediately precede the Psalms, beginning “O Lord, open thou our lips.”
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Examples
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Fr. Augustine Thompson, O.P. I would be much obliged if any of our readers can direct me to a book or publication that gives the music for singing the Latin "preces" in the Liturgia Horarum.
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Deus, qui fundasti terram super stabilitatem suam, suscipe oblationes et preces populi tui: ac trementis terrae periculis penitus amotis, divinae tuae iracundiae terrores, in humanae salutis remedia converte; ut, qui de terra sunt, et in terram revertentur, gaudeant se fieri sancta conservatione caelestes.
Archive 2009-04-01 2009
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I find it difficult to keep still during the preces but I do like the custom of kneeling for the initial Gloria after the Deus in adiutorium and then kissing the bookrest as a sign of penance.
Archive 2009-09-01 2009
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The preces too, of course, are taken from the Roman Office and I was left with the ironic thought that to sample a flavour of the old Roman Office then BCP Evensong is the most accessible source!
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Oravi ad Dominum, Deum meum ego Daniel dicens: exaudi, Domine, preces servi tui, illumina faciem tuam super sanctuarium tuum, et propitius intende populum istum, super quem invocatum est nomen tuum, Deus.
Archive 2009-09-01 bls 2009
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I find it difficult to keep still during the preces but I do like the custom of kneeling for the initial Gloria after the Deus in adiutorium and then kissing the bookrest as a sign of penance.
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Oravi ad Dominum, Deum meum ego Daniel dicens: exaudi, Domine, preces servi tui, illumina faciem tuam super sanctuarium tuum, et propitius intende populum istum, super quem invocatum est nomen tuum, Deus.
Iustus Es, Domine bls 2009
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Nisi preces auro fulcias, amplius irritas: ut Cerberus offa, their attendants and officers must be bribed, feed, and made, as Cerberus is with a sop by him that goes to hell.
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Post. 15 dierum preces et jejunia, mirabiles videbat visiones.
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Christe, redemptor omnium, exaudi preces supplicum.
Archive 2007-12-01 bls 2007
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