English Explanatory Dictionary

sanctus

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. Alternative letter-case form of Sanctus.
name
  1. A prayer in Christian liturgy, beginning “Holy, holy, holy …” and typically said or sung as a hymn shortly before the anaphora.

Word forms

sanctus

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.

Related words

black sanctus sanctus bell

Derived words

black sanctus
This entry uses open data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA/GFDL). Word forms are used for search and are not indexed as separate pages.
Back to search All on S Russian dictionary Dahl dictionary