Sarum use

[ sair-uhm ]

noun

1. the liturgy or modified form of the Roman rite used in Salisbury before the Reformation and revived in part by some English churches.

Sarum use

noun

1. the distinctive local rite or system of rites used at Salisbury cathedral in late medieval times

Word History and Origins

Origin of Sarum use¹

1560–70; after Sarum (now Old Sarum ), a medieval ecclesiastical center, the original site of the cathedral and town of Salisbury

Example Sentences

The rubric at the commencement of the Order of the Solemnization of Holy Matrimony according to the Sarum use began also in this way: “Let the man and woman be placed before the door of the church, or in the face of the church, before the presence of God, the Priest, and the People”; at the end of the actual marriage, and before the benedictory prayers which follow it, the rubric says, “Here let them go into the church to the step of the altar.”

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According to Sarum use, yellow was the altar colour for confessors’ festivals.

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But the first of these days had no Octave in the Sarum or the Roman Use: the second has an Octave in the Roman Use, but had none in the Sarum Use.

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As was said in the paragraph on the History of the Communion Service, it is chiefly taken from the "Sarum Use."

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The earliest Liturgy in general use in England was the book of Offices, "secundum usum Sarum," hence called the "Sarum Use," compiled by Osmund, Bishop of Salisbury, in 1078.

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