Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

black sanctus

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.19 in modern English

Syllables: black- -sanc-tus
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A profane or blasphemous parody of a hymn.

Archaic

noun

Harsh words, especially profanities, or other dissonant noises; a cacophony.

Archaic

Example Sentences

"I knewe I would make him soone change his note, / I will make him sing the blacke sanctus, I holde him a grote."
"The surly sinners sing / A horrible black santis, so to cheer / The work in hand. And evermore you hear / A shout of awful joy, as down goes some / Three-hundred-years-old treasure."
"As plesaunt to the ere as the blacke sanctus / Of a sad sorte vpon a mery pyn."

Etymology

Compound of black + sanctus.

Usage

Archaic

Inflected Forms

black sanctuses (plural) black santis (alternative) blacke-saint (alternative) blacke santis (alternative) blacke santus (alternative) blacksaunt (alternative) black-sant (alternative) blacke saunts (alternative) blacke sanctus (alternative) black santos (alternative) black sanctis (alternative)

Questions

What does black sanctus mean?: A profane or blasphemous parody of a hymn.
Where does black sanctus come from?: Compound of black + sanctus.

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