Sanctus

See also: sanctus

English

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Etymology

Borrowed from Latin sānctus (“holy”), the opening word of the prayer in that language. The prayer is taken from Isaiah 6:3 and Matthew 21:9. Doublet of saint.

Proper noun

Sanctus

  1. A prayer in Christian liturgy, beginning “Holy, holy, holy …” and typically said or sung as a hymn shortly before the anaphora.

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin sānctus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sɑ̃k.tys/

Proper noun

Sanctus m

  1. Sanctus
    • 1981, H. E. G. Wegman, “Une Anaphore incomplète? Les Fragments sur Papyrus Strasbourg Gr. 254”, in R. van den Broek, M. J. Vermaseren, editors, Studies in Gnosticism and Hellenistic Religions, page 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.
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