Sarum use

[ sair-uhm ]

noun

1. the liturgy or modified form of the Roman rite used in Salisbury before the Reformation and revived in part by some English churches.

Sarum use

noun

1. the distinctive local rite or system of rites used at Salisbury cathedral in late medieval times

Word History and Origins

Origin of Sarum use¹

1560–70; after Sarum (now Old Sarum ), a medieval ecclesiastical center, the original site of the cathedral and town of Salisbury

Example Sentences

According to the Sarum use several services took place in the porch.

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Contents: The occasional offices to be used by a priest, according to Sarum use.

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The Sarum Use, reformed and revised, has been our unbroken heritage as Christian men, from the first.

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