sursum corda
the words “Lift up your hearts,” addressed by the celebrant of the Mass to the congregation just before the preface.
Origin of sursum corda
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How to use sursum corda in a sentence
Do you remember the passage where Burke alludes to the old warning of the Church—sursum corda?
"Stops" | Paul AllardyceIt calls to the reader, as the early Christian litanies did to the worshipper, sursum corda, Raise your thoughts!
Sonnets and Canzonets | A. Bronson AlcottAnd it means also sursum corda (Lift up your hearts) whenever the difficulties and sorrows of the desert seem too much.
Mater Christi | Mother St. PaulOn the plate of George Bancroft, the late historian, a chubby cherub bears a panel on which is the motto, sursum corda.
American Book-Plates | Charles Dexter AllenThe general reader will never forgive such portraits as that of the elder Barbier, who, after shouting, 'sursum corda!
Critical Studies | Ouida
British Dictionary definitions for sursum corda
/ (ˈsɜːsəm ˈkɔːdə) /
RC Church a Latin versicle meaning Lift up your hearts, said by the priest at Mass
a cry of exhortation, hope, etc
Origin of sursum corda
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