presanctified

American  

[pree-sangk-tuh-fahyd] / priˈsæŋk təˌfaɪd /

adjective

1. (of the Eucharistic elements) consecrated at a previous Mass.

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Other Word Forms

• presanctification noun

Etymology

Origin of presanctified

1850–55; translation of Medieval Latin praesanctificātus. See pre-, sanctified

Example Sentences

From the seventh century the mass of the presanctified, when the priest communicated from elements previously consecrated, is found in use on certain days, and in the East throughout except on Saturdays and Sundays.

From The Church and the Barbarians Being an Outline of the History of the Church from A.D. 461 to A.D. 1003 by Hutton, William Holden