introit
IPA: ɪntrˈɔɪt
noun
- (Roman Catholicism, music) A prayer, typically part of a psalm or other portion of the Bible, read or sung at the start of Mass while or immediately after the priest ascends to the altar.
- (Christianity, chiefly Protestantism, music) Any piece of vocal music, especially a setting of an anthem or a psalm, sung at the opening of a church service.
- (obsolete) The action of entering or going in; an entrance.
- (obsolete, figuratively) An introduction.
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Examples of "introit" in Sentences
- It also figures in the Introit of the Mass in the Roman Rite.
- Unlike the Introit, the Ingressa has no psalm verse or doxology.
- The male schola sings the Gregorian introit and communion each Sunday.
- In the Tridentine Mass the Introit is no longer the first text used in the Mass.
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