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Sanc⋅tus

  [sangk-tuhs]
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–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:
< L sānctus holy, hallowed (ptp. of sancīre to hallow), the first word of the hymn
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Sanc·tus   (sāngk'təs)   
n.   pl. Sanc·tus·es

    1. A hymn of praise sung at the end of the Preface in many Eucharistic liturgies.

    2. A hymn of praise that is the last item of the Preface of the Ordinary of the Roman Catholic Mass.

  2. A musical setting for either of these hymns of praise.


[Middle English, from Late Latin Sānctus, from Latin sānctus, holy (from the first word of the hymn); see sanctify.]
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Word Origin & History

Sanctus 
c.1380, from L., initial word of the "angelic hymn" (Isa. vi:3), concluding the preface of the Eucharist, lit. "holy" (see saint). It renders Heb. qadhosh in the hymn.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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