innomine

[ in-nom-uh-ney, -nee, -noh-muh-ney ]

nounMusic.
  1. any of various English polyphonic instrumental compositions of the 16th and 17th centuries using an antiphon for Trinity Sunday as a cantus firmus.

Origin of innomine

1
1630–40; <Latin phrase in nōmine in (the) name (of the Trinity or one of its members), a liturgical formula

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British Dictionary definitions for in nomine

in nomine

/ (ɪn ˈnɒmɪˌneɪ, -ˌniː) /


noun
  1. music any of several pieces of music of the 16th or 17th centuries for keyboard or for a consort of viols, based on a cantus firmus derived from the Vespers antiphon Gloria tibi Trinitas

Origin of in nomine

1
from Latin in nomine Jesu in the name of Jesus, the first words of an introit for which this type of music was originally composed

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