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Sanctus
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sanctus
English
Alternative forms
en sanctus
Etymology
en la sānctus holy, the opening word of the prayer in that language. The prayer is taken from Isaiah 6:3 and Matthew 21:9. en saint.
Proper noun
A prayer in Christian liturgy, beginning “Holy, holy, holy …” and typically said or sung as a hymn shortly before the anaphora.
Derived terms
en black sanctus
Translations
liturgical prayer
French: fr Sanctus m
German: de Sanctus n
Anagrams
en acnsstu Tuscans asscunt cuntass uncasts
en Christianity Named prayersen terms derived from the Bible
French
fr:
Etymology
fr :lbor la:sānctus
fr la sānctus.
Pronunciation
sanctusse
Proper noun
m
en Sanctus
fr 1981 H. E. G. Wegman Une Anaphore incomplète? Les Fragments sur Papyrus Strasbourg Gr. 254 R. van den Broek; M. J. Vermaseren Studies in Gnosticism and Hellenistic Religions 432 Le point douteux est la fin du texte : une doxologie ‘finale’ avant le Sanctus. The point that is dubious is the end of the text: a ‘final’ doxology before the Sanctus.