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Tersanctus

Tersanctus proper noun: the Trisagion (beginning “Holy God, Holy Mighty, Holy Immortal …”).

Proper noun

Tersanctus

  1. The Trisagion (beginning “Holy God, Holy Mighty, Holy Immortal …”).
  2. The Sanctus (beginning “Holy, holy, holy, Lord God of hosts …”).

Origin of Tersanctus

Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin tersānctus, from ter (“thrice”) + sānctus (“holy”).

Questions about Tersanctus

What does Tersanctus mean?
Tersanctus means the Trisagion (beginning “Holy God, Holy Mighty, Holy Immortal …”).
What part of speech is Tersanctus?
Tersanctus is a proper noun.

Words near Tersanctus in the dictionary

  1. terrycloths
  2. Terryology
  3. Terryville
  4. terræ
  5. TERs
  6. Tersanctus
  7. Terschelling
  8. terse
  9. tersely
  10. terseness
  11. tersenesses

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