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blacksaunt

blacksaunt 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 blacksaunt

What is blacksaunt the alternative form of?
Blacksaunt is the alternative form of black sanctus.

Words near blacksaunt in the dictionary

  1. blacks in
  2. blacks out
  3. blacks up
  4. blacksalter
  5. blacksalters
  6. blacksaunt
  7. Blacksboat
  8. Blacksburg
  9. blackseed
  10. blackseeds
  11. Blackshear

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