Tersanctus
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of Tersanctus
< New Latin: literally, thrice holy (translation of Late Greek triságios ), equivalent to Latin ter thrice + sānctus holy; see saint
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There is nothing so majestic in Protestant hymnology as this Tersanctus of Bishop Heber.
From The Story of the Hymns and Tunes by Theron Brown
In the eighth book of the Apostolic Constitutions and also in the Liturgy of St. James we have the Tersanctus, Ἃγιος, ἃγιος, ἃγιος, Holy, holy, holy.
From Christian Hymns of the First Three Centuries by Ruth Ellis Messenger
Tersanctus, the ascription of praise, Holy, Holy, Holy, preliminary to the consecrating prayer in Holy Communion.
From The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge by P. Austin Nuttall
The name is often applied erroneously to the Tersanctus.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various
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