Introibo
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See also: introibo
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ecclesiastical Latin introībō ad altāre Deī (“I shall go in towards the altar of God”), the first line spoken.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: ĭnʹtrō-ēbō, IPA(key): /ˈɪntɹəʊiːbəʊ/
- Hyphenation: In‧tro‧i‧bo
Noun
[edit]Introibo (plural not attested)
- (Roman Catholicism) The prayers spoken by the priest at the foot of the altar at the start of a Tridentine Mass.
- 1959, Henri Béchard, The Visions of Bernard Francis de Hoyos, S.J.: Apostle of the Sacred Heart in Spain, a Biography, page 72:
- At the Introibo he noticed at his right, as usual, his guardian angel, who acted as the angel mentioned by St. John in the Apocalypse, standing before the altar and bearing a golden censer.
- 1964, John William Corrington, The Anatomy of Love and Other Poems, page 9:
- In place of the humble but hopeful supplication of the Introibo, we have the narcissistic, desperate anguish of 1, punctuated by a blues refrain in the key of death and loss, drunkenness, violence, and sexuality.
- 1994, Georges Perec, translated by Gilbert Adair, A Void, page 273:
- As imposing and plump as Buck Mulligan standing on top of a spiral stairway whilst intoning an “Introibo”, his slowly magnifying body brings to mind a purplish balloon, of a sort that you might buy for your child in Parc Montsouris.