Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A hymn of praise sung or spoken at the end of the Preface in many Eucharistic liturgies, including the Ordinary of the Roman Catholic Mass.
- noun A musical setting for this hymn.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In liturgics, the ascription “Holy, holy, holy, Lord God of hosts, …” in which the eucharistic preface culminates, and which leads up to the canon or prayer of consecration.
- noun A musical setting of the above ascription or hymn.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Eccl.) A part of the Mass, or, in Protestant churches, a part of the communion service, of which the first words in Latin are
Sanctus, sanctus, sanctus [Holy, holy, holy]; -- called alsoTersanctus . - noun (Mus.) An anthem composed for these words.
- noun a small bell usually suspended in a bell cot at the apex of the nave roof, over the chancel arch, in mediæval churches, but a hand bell is now often used; -- so called because rung at the singing of the
sanctus , at the conclusion of the ordinary of the Mass, and again at the elevation of the host. Called alsoMass bell ,sacring bell ,saints' bell ,sance-bell ,sancte bell .
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- proper noun A
hymn fromChristian liturgy , loosely related to theTrisagion .
Etymologies
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From the Latin word Sanctus thrice said, the hymn is sometimes referred to as Tersanctus, and is thus apt to be confused with the triple Sanctus at the end of the preface at Mass.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize 1840-1916 1913
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Sidlin may have sacrificed precision for passion here and there (that eight-part fugue in the Sanctus is no picnic), but that hardly seems a fault.
'Defiant Requiem' powerfully inspirits a haunting past Stephen Brookes 2010
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1 Dorcey, for one, openly questions the validity of similar claims by Pfiffig linking it to a title Sanctus, albeit it in a cowardly footnote. (see, The Cult of Silvanus: A Study in Roman Folk Religion (1992), p.11, fn.17)
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1 Dorcey, for one, openly questions the validity of similar claims by Pfiffig linking it to a title Sanctus, albeit it in a cowardly footnote. (see, The Cult of Silvanus: A Study in Roman Folk Religion (1992), p.11, fn.17)
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It's the Psalms and selected verses from the prophets (most importantly, the passage from Isaiah you know as the Sanctus and we call the Kedushah (same meaning as Sanctus
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It's the Psalms and selected verses from the prophets (most importantly, the passage from Isaiah you know as the Sanctus and we call the Kedushah (same meaning as Sanctus
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This line corresponds to the 3rd line, the Ter-Sanctus, which is the centre of the 1st Stanza.
The Prayer Book Explained Percival Jackson
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In view of Clement's allusion it is difficult to understand Abbot Cabrol's theory that the Sanctus is a later addition to the Mass ( "Les Origines liturgiques", Paris, 1906, p. 329).
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 13: Revelation-Stock 1840-1916 1913
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The ringing of a bell at the Sanctus is a development from the
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 13: Revelation-Stock 1840-1916 1913
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The Sanctus is the last part of the Preface in the Mass, sung in practically every rite by the people (or choir).
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 13: Revelation-Stock 1840-1916 1913
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