Introibo

introibo English Etymology From en la-ecc introībō ad altāre Deī I shall go in towards the altar of God, the first line spoken. Pronunciation ĭnʹtrō-ēbō RP, en /ˈɪntɹəʊiːbəʊ/ en In tro i bo Noun ! en Roman Catholicism The prayers spoken by the priest at the foot of the altar at the start of a Tridentine Mass. en 1959 Henri Béchard The Visions of Bernard Francis de Hoyos, S.J.: Apostle of the Sacred Heart in Spain, a Biography 72 At the Introibo he noticed at his right, as usual, his guardian angel, who acted as the angel mentioned by St. John in the Apocalypse, standing before the altar and bearing a golden censer. en 1964 w:John William Corrington The Anatomy of Love and Other Poems 9 In place of the humble but hopeful supplication of the Introibo, we have the narcissistic, desperate anguish of 1, punctuated by a blues refrain in the key of death and loss, drunkenness, violence, and sexuality. en 1994 w:Georges Perec w:Gilbert Adair w:A Void 273 As imposing and plump as Buck Mulligan standing on top of a spiral stairway whilst intoning an “Introibo”, his slowly magnifying body brings to mind a purplish balloon, of a sort that you might buy for your child in Parc Montsouris.