Tersanctus

Related Category: Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches: Liturgy, Hymns, and Prayers

see Sanctus.

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Sanctus - [Lat.,=holy], hymn of the Roman Catholic Mass, beginning, “Holy, holy, holy,” from Isa. 6.3; Mat. 21.9. It is the solemn choral ending of the preface. In the old liturgy the second part of t...