presanctified

[ pree-sangk-tuh-fahyd ]

adjective

1. (of the Eucharistic elements) consecrated at a previous Mass.

Other Words From

• pre·sancti·fi·cation noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of presanctified¹

1850–55; translation of Medieval Latin praesanctificātus. See pre-, sanctified

Example Sentences

Chrysostom, Basil, and Presanctified, are annexed Church Lessons in a cramped and apparently later hand.

From Project Gutenberg

Special lenten tones and melodies are used for responses at litanies, for the "Alleluias" and the hymns of the Presanctified Liturgy.

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But twice a week, on Wednesday and Fridays, the Church prescribes the celebration after Vespers, i.e., in the evening, of the Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts.

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Meanwhile, both in East and West, the general practice has continued unbroken of reserving the Eucharist, in order that the “mass of the presanctified” might take place on certain “aliturgic” days, that the faithful might be able to communicate when there was no celebration, and above all that it might be at hand to meet the needs of the sick and dying.

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In solemn procession he would return to the Pauline chapel, then bear the Host back to the Sistine chapel for the Mass of the Presanctified.

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