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