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sanctus


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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Sanctus  \Sanc"tus\,  n.  [L.  sanctus,  p.  p.  of  sancire.] 
  1.  (Eccl.)  A  part  of  the  Mass,  or  in  Protestant  churches,  a 
  part  of  the  communion  service,  of  which  the  first  words  in 
  Latin  are  Sanctus,  sanctus,  sanctus  [Holy,  holy,  holy];  -- 
  called  also  {Tersanctus}. 
 
  2.  (Mus.)  An  anthem  composed  for  these  words 
 
  {Sanctus  bell},  a  small  bell  usually  suspended  in  a  bell  cot 
  at  the  apex  of  the  nave  roof,  over  the  chancel  arch,  in 
  medi[ae]val  churches,  but  a  hand  bell  is  now  often  used 
  --  so  called  because  rung  at  the  singing  of  the  sanctus, 
  at  the  conclusion  of  the  ordinary  of  the  Mass,  and  again 
  at  the  elevation  of  the  host.  Called  also  {Mass  bell}, 
  {sacring  bell},  {saints'  bell},  {sance-bell},  {sancte 
  bell}.