Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Ecclesiastical A hymn or psalm sung when the officiant enters at the opening of a service.
- noun Roman Catholic Church The beginning of the Mass, usually consisting of an antiphon, a psalm verse, and the Gloria Patri.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In liturgics, an antiphon sung by the priest and choir as the priest approaches the altar to celebrate the mass or communion.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A going in.
- noun A psalm sung or chanted immediately before the collect, epistle, and gospel, and while the priest is entering within the rails of the altar.
- noun A part of a psalm or other portion of Scripture read by the priest at Mass immediately after ascending to the altar.
- noun (R. C. Ch.) An anthem or psalm sung before the Communion service.
- noun Any composition of vocal music appropriate to the opening of church services.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Roman Catholicism A part of a psalm or other portion of Scripture read by the priest at Mass immediately after ascending to the altar.
- noun An anthem or psalm sung before the Communion service.
- noun Any composition of vocal music appropriate to the opening of church services.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a composition of vocal music that is appropriate for opening church services
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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And as it happens, we have such a thing explicated, in perhaps the most brilliant philosophical dialogue in all weird fiction, namely the introit to "The White People."
Kenneth Hite's Journal princeofcairo 2007
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When we were at the noviciate, we observed, while serving his private Mass, that after the introit, the gradual, the offertory, the communion – all the sung pieces, in short – he would mark a pause, not found in the rubrics, and absorb himself in meditation.
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We sang all the propers of the Mass in a variety of different forms: choral introit, plainsong Psalm and acclamation, English chant for offertory, and Gregorian chant for communion.
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The organ begins the introit with an improvisation on the chant.
Amy on the Organ 2009
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In any case, perhaps this is a good opportunity to highlight some contemporary ritual music, but first consider the authentic introit, which, you will observe, is neither old nor new but timeless and universal and beautiful precisely as chant has been traditionally described.
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By the ninth century there were specific prayers for her feast day, and by the eleventh century there was "a complete mass dedicated to the saint (with introit, gradual, offertory, communion, and lessons)".
Anti-Catholicism 2009
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I'm particularly pleased that it includes two propers of the Mass, introit and communio.
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The first, given by Dr. Jennifer Donelson discussed the history and role of the Gregorian repertoire in the Roman Catholic Mass, especially the introit antiphon and gradual.
Sacred Music Renewal in the Southeast: Musica Sacra Florida Gregorian Chant Conference 2009
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By the ninth century there were specific prayers for her feast day, and by the eleventh century there was "a complete mass dedicated to the saint (with introit, gradual, offertory, communion, and lessons)".
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Of the Subdeacons, the Primicerius of the Cantores gathered up the chasuble already at the antiphon of the introit, the others like the Deacon after the oratio.
Use, History and Development of the "Planeta Plicata" or Folded Chasuble 2009
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April 28, 2013