Agnus Dei

Etymology
Borrowed from.

Noun

 * 1)  A liturgical chant recited as part of the Mass, beginning with those words, or the music to which it is set.
 * 2)  A small model, picture, or heraldic representation of a lamb with a cross and sometimes a flag (usually white with a red cross).
 * 3)  A bar of wax imprinted with a similar shape and blessed by the Pope.

Translations

 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 天主羔羊
 * Danish: agnus dei
 * Finnish: Jumalan Karitsa
 * Galician: año de Deus
 * Portuguese: agnus dei
 * Russian: а́гнец бо́жий
 * Tagalog: Kordero ng Diyos


 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 上帝羔羊
 * Danish: gudslam
 * Finnish: Jumalan Karitsa
 * Galician: año de Deus
 * Greek: ο αμνός του Θεού
 * Russian: а́гнец бо́жий
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: Agnus Dei, gudslamm

Etymology
. The name refers to Jesus' role as a sacrificial lamb that is (voluntarily) slaughtered on the Cross.

Noun

 * 1) lit. 'Lamb of God', a title applied by Christians to Jesus, whose death they equate with the offering of such animals for sacrifice at the temple in Jerusalem by those who have sinned, as described in the Hebrew scriptures.
 * 2) prayer in the Mass, and musical composition of that prayer, which begins with the words "Agnus Dei...."
 * 1) prayer in the Mass, and musical composition of that prayer, which begins with the words "Agnus Dei...."

Declension
Note: The vocative is normally Agnus Dei.