About The Word Introit
Learn about the word Introit to help solve your crossword puzzle. Discover Introit definitions and meaning, origins, synonyms, related terms and more at the free Crossword Dictionary.
Introit
Introit Definition And Meaning |
---|
What's The Definition Of Introit?Synonyms | Synonyms for Introit: Related Terms | Find terms related to Introit: Agnus Dei | Alleluia | Anamnesis | answer | anthem | antiphon | antiphony | Benedicite | Blessing | Canon | cantata | canticle | chant | chorale | church music | Collect | Communion | Consecration | Credo | Dismissal | doxology | Epistle | Fraction | Gloria | Gloria in Excelsis | Gloria Patri | Gospel | gospel music | Gradual | hallelujah | hosanna | hymn | hymn of praise | hymnody | hymnography | hymnology | hymn-tune | Kyrie | Kyrie Eleison | Last Gospel | laud | Lavabo | Magnificat | mantra | mass | Miserere | motet | Negro spiritual | Nunc Dimittis | Offertory | offertory sentence | oratorio | paean | passion | Paternoster | Pax | Post-Communion | Preface | prosodion | psalm | psalmody | recessional | report | requiem | requiem mass | response | responsory | sacred music | Sanctus | Secreta | spiritual | Te Deum | Tersanctus | Tract | Trisagion | Vedic hymn | versicle | white spiritual See Also | Introit In Webster's Dictionary \In*tro"it\, n. [L. introitus, fr. introire to go into,
to enter; intro within + ire to go: cf. F. introit.]
1. A going in. --Caxton.
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.
|
More Crossword Puzzle Words
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z
Cross Word Of The Day
- Unsalaried ‐ not paying a salary; "an uncompensated…
- Nonalignment ‐ people (or countries) who are not aligned with other people (or…
- Lespedeza sericea ‐ perennial widely planted as for forage and as hay crop especially…
- Xenogenesis ‐ the alternation of two or more different forms in the life cycle…
- Overspecialize ‐ become overly specialized; "She overspecialized when she concentrated…
- Aythya americana ‐ North American diving duck with a gray-and-black body and reddish-brown…
- Magnetic moment ‐ the torque exerted on a magnet or dipole when it is placed in…
- Viviparous ‐ (zoology) producing living young…
- Tenpin bowling ‐ bowling down an alley at a target of ten…
- Charadrius morinellus ‐ rare plover of upland areas…