Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In the Ambrosian liturgy, an anthem sung by the choir during the fraction of the host.

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  • The sung proper parts of the mass (with corresponding Gregorian terms noted) are ingressa (introit), psalmellus (gradual), alleluia, a chant after the gospel, offertorium (offertory), confractorium (in place of the ordinary Agnus Dei) and transitorium (communion).

    Archive 2005-07-01 bls 2005

  • The sung proper parts of the mass (with corresponding Gregorian terms noted) are ingressa (introit), psalmellus (gradual), alleluia, a chant after the gospel, offertorium (offertory), confractorium (in place of the ordinary Agnus Dei) and transitorium (communion).

    Ambrosian Chant bls 2005

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