TECHNICAL, expresses somewhat relating to arts or sciences: in this sense we say technical terms. It is also particularly applied to a kind of verses wherein are contained the rules or precepts of any art, thus digested to help the memory to retain them; an example whereof may be seen in the article MEMORY.
TE DEUM, the name of a celebrated hymn, used in the Christian church, and so called because it begins with these words, Te Deum laudamus, We praise thee,
O God. It is sung in the Romish church, with great pomp and solemnity, upon the gaining of a victory, or other happy event.