Sanctus

See also: sanctus

English

Alternative 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.

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.

Derived terms

• black sanctus

Translations

liturgical prayer

• French: Sanctus m
• German: Sanctus n

Anagrams

• Tuscans, asscunt, cuntass, uncasts

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.