Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The ninety-eighth psalm, so called from the first words in Latin, Cantate (O sing), more fully Cantate Domino (Sing ye unto the Lord).
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Examples
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October 7, 2008 at 2:18 am ohai, ai frienz u cantate!
Princess and the Pea…. - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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November 1, 2008 at 1:30 am cantate, ai has teh same kwestshun az teh cween
Doggiez ar kute, an I luvs dem. - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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October 31, 2008 at 12:58 am ohai cantate! happee awlmoss novembur! an happee howlolween to awl the erlee burd cheezpeeps!
basement cat - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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Let us be silent, Sire, and you may continue to show your Mephistophelean civilisation, and after you have crushed all those who are weaker and smaller than you, Sire, open your lips and preach upon their ruin to your admirers: _cantate Domino!
Serbia in Light and Darkness With Preface by the Archbishop of Canterbury, (1916) Nikolai Velimirovi�� 1918
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Thereafter, and especially during the decade between 1730 and 1740, Metastasio was engaged in the composition of his many melodramas (over seventy in number), his oratorios, cantate, canzonette, etc.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman 1840-1916 1913
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Regem coeli cum pace, Plenum odorem vitae, Novum carmen cantate, Omnes sancti venite.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux 1840-1916 1913
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S. Jerome exposeth it thus: Alle, id est cantate, lu, id est laudem, ye, id est deum vel dominum, that is to say: Sing you lauding to our Lord Jesu Christ.
The Golden Legend, vol. 7 1230-1298 1900
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He was mercilessly satirical on the failures of his pupils, to whom (having reduced them, by the most ridiculous imitation of their unfortunate vocal attempts, to an almost inaudible utterance of _pianissimo_ pipings) he would exclaim, "Ma per carità! aprite la bocca! che cantate come uccelli che dormano!"
Records of a Girlhood Fanny Kemble 1851
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Latona, organist and choir master Latin text: [Psalm 97: 4-9] Jubilate Deo, omnis terra; cantate, et exsultate, et psallite.
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JubUate Deo, omnis terra j * cantate, & cxul - late, & pfallite.
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