tinctus

Again, in Latin, this word _sanctus_ may be connected with purity, if it be resolved into _sanguine tinctus, _

Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province Aquinas Thomas

The number of the sacramentals may not be limited; nevertheless, the attempt has been made to determine their general principles or rather applications in the verse: "Orans, tinctus, edens, confessus, dans, benedicens".

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 13: Revelation-Stock 1840-1916 1913

The chameleon is the best known of all the tinctumutants (_tinctus_, color, and _mutare_, to change), though many other animals possess this faculty in a very marked degree.

The Dawn of Reason or, Mental Traits in the Lower Animals James Weir 1881

Middle English, from Latin tinctura act of dyeing, from tinctus, past participle of tingere to tinge

Errata: The Wordie Blog 2009

+ tinctus, the use of holy water and the unctions in use at various consecrations;

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 13: Revelation-Stock 1840-1916 1913

And even according to the Latins the word _sanctus_ may mean "cleanness," as derived from _sanguine tinctus_, for of old those who were to be purified were sprinkled with the blood of a victim, as says S. Isidore in his _Etymologies_. [

On Prayer and The Contemplative Life Aquinas Thomas 1907