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Friday, November 22nd, 2024
the Week of Proper 28 / Ordinary 33
the Week of Proper 28 / Ordinary 33
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In Excelsis
1910 New Catholic Dictionary
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(Latin: excellere, to raise up)
On high, the highest, occurring in the hymn of the angels to the shepherds at Our Lord's birth, meaning that God is eminently above all things, and perhaps alluding to the idolatrous altars, which occasionally the Jews themselves, and always the people about them, used to build on the "high places," the tops of hills.
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Entry for 'In Excelsis'. 1910 New Catholic Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ncd/i/in-excelsis.html. 1910.
Entry for 'In Excelsis'. 1910 New Catholic Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ncd/i/in-excelsis.html. 1910.
