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
- The organ begins the introit with an improvisation on the chant.
- I'm particularly pleased that it includes two propers of the Mass, introit and communio.
- 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.
- 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."
- 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.
- 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.
- 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)".
- 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.
- 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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