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blacke-saint

blacke-saint is the obsolete 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 blacke-saint

What is blacke-saint the obsolete form of?
Blacke-saint is the obsolete form of black sanctus.

Words near blacke-saint in the dictionary

  1. blacke
  2. blacke sanctus
  3. blacke santis
  4. blacke santus
  5. blacke saunts
  6. blacke-saint
  7. blacked
  8. blacked in
  9. blacked out
  10. blacked up
  11. blacked-up

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