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black sanctis

black sanctis is the alternative form of black sanctus.

Meaning of black sanctus

Noun

black sanctus (plural black sanctuses)

  1. (archaic) A profane or blasphemous parody of a hymn.
    • I knewe I would make him soone change his note, / I will make him sing the blacke sanctus, I holde him a grote.1578, Thomas Lupton, A moral and pitieful comedie, intituled, All for money […], folio 8ʳ
  2. (archaic, figuratively) Harsh words, especially profanities, or other dissonant noises; a cacophony.
    • As plesaunt to the ere as the blacke sanctus / Of a sad sorte vpon a mery pyn.1533, Robert Saltwood, A comparyson bytwene. iiij. byrdes, the larke, the nyghtyngale, ye thrusshe & the cuko, for theyr syngynge who shuld be chauntoure of the quere, folio 14ᵛ

Questions about black sanctis

What is black sanctis the alternative form of?
Black sanctis is the alternative form of black sanctus.

Words near black sanctis in the dictionary

  1. black salsify
  2. black salt
  3. black salts
  4. black salve
  5. black salves
  6. black sanctis
  7. black sanctus
  8. black sanctuses
  9. black sand
  10. black sands
  11. black santis

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