Wiktionary:Word of the day/2021/December 7

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Word of the day
for December 7
euouae n (music)
  1. In medieval music, a mnemonic for the Latin words saeculōrum and āmēn (from “ […] in saecula saeculōrum. Āmēn.” from the Gloria Patri doxology), used in liturgical works to indicate how the words should be sung with various cadences.
  2. (by extension) A cadence used to sing those words of the Gloria Patri.
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