Magnificat.
(Of thelat.)(domagnif? cat, magnificent, praises, first word of this chant).
1. d. song which, according to the Gospel of St. Luke, went to the Lord the Virgin Mary in the visitation to her Holy cousin Isabel, and it reads or sings at the end of Vespers.
come somewhat as Magnificat at Matins.
1. loc. verb. Colloq. Happen at the wrong time, or bring it tale at inopportune times.