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Definition of Introit
1. Noun. A composition of vocal music that is appropriate for opening church services.
Definition of Introit
1. n. A going in.
Definition of Introit
1. Noun. The action of entering or going in; an entrance. ¹
2. Noun. (figuratively obsolete) An introduction. ¹
3. Noun. A psalm sung or chanted immediately before the collect, epistle, and gospel, and while the priest is entering within the rails of the altar. ¹
4. Noun. A part of a psalm or other portion of Scripture read by the priest at Mass immediately after ascending to the altar. ¹
5. Noun. An anthem or psalm sung before the Communion service. ¹
6. Noun. Any composition of vocal music appropriate to the opening of church services. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Introit
1. music sung at the beginning of a worship service [n -S]
Medical Definition of Introit
1. 1. A going in. 2. A psalm sung or chanted immediately before the collect, epistle, and gospel, and while the priest is entering within the rails of the altar. A part of a psalm or other portion of Scripture read by the priest at Mass immediately after ascending to the altar. 3. An anthem or psalm sung before the Communion service. 4. Any composition of vocal music appropriate to the opening of church services. Origin: L. Introitus, fr. Introire to go into, to enter; intro within + ire to go: cf. F. Introit. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Introit
Literary usage of Introit
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"The "Liber Pontificalis" ascribes this antiphonal chant at the introit to Pope
... The text seems even to attribute the use of the introit-psalm in any form ..."
2. A Dictionary of Christian Antiquities by William Smith, Samuel Cheetham (1893)
"(which are really Antiphons, though the introit soon monopolized that name) are
often taken from the same Psalm as the introit. The form of the Antiphon at ..."
3. Divine Worship in England in the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Centuries by John David Chambers (1877)
"I^t the Two Rulers turn towards the Altar and begin the introit by intoning ...
and the Choir and introit. But fince by the before-recited Ornaments Rubric ..."
4. A Dictionary of Christian Antiquities: Being a Continuation of the by Samuel Cheetham (1880)
"(which are really Antiphons, though the Introït soon monopolized that name) are
often taken from the same Psalm as the introit. fhe form of the Antiphon at ..."
5. Notitia Eucharistica: A Commentary, Explanatory, Doctrinal, and Historical by William Edward Scudamore (1876)
"He then censed the Altar, and was himself censed by the Deacon. Here the preparation
ended. The introit, called the Officium, followed, with Gloria Patri. ..."
6. The Acts of the High Commission Court Within the Diocese of Durham by William Hylton Dyer Longstaffe (1858)
"course, ignorantly affirming that neither the Scottish nor the English, liturgy
had any introit or offertory, no epistle or gospel, no consecration, ..."
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