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Introit   Listen
noun
Introit  n.  
1.
A going in.
2.
(R. C. Ch.)
(a)
A psalm sung or chanted immediately before the collect, epistle, and gospel, and while the priest is entering within the rails of the altar.
(b)
A part of a psalm or other portion of Scripture read by the priest at Mass immediately after ascending to the altar.
3.
(R. C. Ch.) An anthem or psalm sung before the Communion service.
4.
Any composition of vocal music appropriate to the opening of church services.





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"Introit" Quotes from Famous Books



... the Sunday within the Octave of Corpus Christi, the same Feast as his reception into the Church fourteen years earlier. The Introit for that day's Mass was printed on his Memorial card, so that, as Father Ignatius Rice noted with a smile, even his Memorial card had ...
— Gilbert Keith Chesterton • Maisie Ward


Words linked to "Introit" :   piece, opus, piece of music, musical composition, composition


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