Definitions for Sanctus

Sanctus Sanc·tus

Spelling: [sangk-tuh s]
IPA: /ˈsæŋk təs/

Sanctus is a 7 letter English word.

You can make 147 anagrams from letters in Sanctus (acnsstu).

Definitions for Sanctus

noun

  1. (italics). Also called Tersanctus. the hymn beginning “Holy, holy, holy, Lord God of hosts,” with which the Eucharistic preface culminates.
  2. a musical setting for this hymn.

Origin of Sanctus

Latin sānctus holy, hallowed (past participle of sancīre to hallow), the first word of the hymn

Examples for Sanctus

He told us he had sung the Sanctus here at the festa on the preceding Sunday.

The choir ought to be cautioned not to protract the singing of the Sanctus too much.

As the Sanctus of high mass sounded, Julien wanted to take a surplice to follow the bishop in the superb procession.

At the Sanctus she rang a sheep-bell, and deepened all her Intention.

The Sanctus also was originally intended as a Christmas piece.

That of Upwell has an elaborate turret for the Sanctus bell.

Then the Patriarch yielded, and at a sign from the Emperor the choir sang the Sanctus anew.

At that moment the Sanctus bell rang, and she remembered why she had stayed in church.

Her lips had murmured an Our Father, but so slowly that the Sanctus bell had rung before she had finished it.

The Sanctus is a six part chorus; the voices move for the most part in flowing triplets, the bass generally in an octave figure.

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