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blacke santus

blacke santus 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 santus

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

Words near blacke santus in the dictionary

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

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