improperium
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
n
(usually plural) one of a series of antiphons and responses expressing the remonstrance of Jesus Christ with his people, usually sung on Good Friday.
Example Sentences
- "In their present form in the Roman Rite, the Improperia are a series of three couplets, sung antiphonally by cantors and followed by alternate Greek and Latin responses from the two halves of the choir; and nine other lines sung by the cantors, with the full choir responding after each with the refrain ‘Popule meus, quid feci tibi? …’"