Agnus Dei

Meaning

Noun

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

Origin

• Borrowed from Latin Agnus Dei ("Lamb of God").