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black sanctuses

black sanctuses is the plural 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 sanctuses

What is black sanctuses the plural of?
Black sanctuses is the plural of black sanctus.

Words near black sanctuses in the dictionary

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

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