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TE DEUM LAUDAMUS
"We praise You, O god." first words of an ancient Christian hymn of praise and thanksgiving, sometimes called the Ambrosian humn but now believed to have been written by St. Niketas in the fourth century.
All items in this dictionary are from Fr. John Hardon's Modern Catholic Dictionary, © Eternal Life. Used with permission.
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