(Latin: Let us bless the Lord) Invocation said at the end of Mass when the "Gloria in Excelsis Deo" is omitted, and usually answered with "Deo Gratias" (Thanks be to God); sometimes used as a salutation and as a signal for rising in religious communities and seminaries.
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