Citations:introit

English citations of introit

1. (chiefly Protestantism) An anthem or psalm sung before a Communion service.
   • a. 1827, Reginald Heber, “An Introit to be Sung between the Litany and Communion Service”, in Poems, Hingham, Mass.: C. and E. B. Gill;  […], published 1830, →OCLC, page 141:

     AN INTROIT TO BE SUNG BETWEEN THE LITANY AND COMMUNION SERVICE [poem title]

2. (Roman Catholicism) A part of a psalm or other portion of the Bible read by the priest at Mass immediately after ascending to the altar.
   • 1982, Andrew Hughes, “Mass”, in Medieval Manuscripts for Mass and Office: A Guide to Their Organization and Terminology, Toronto, Ont., Buffalo, N.Y.: University of Toronto Press, published 2004, →ISBN, page 84:

     At some time during these sacerdotal preces the choir will usually have started the sung introit, the exact time for beginning the item dependent on a number of features such as the distance from sacristy to altar.

   • 1998, William Oliver Strunk, Leo Treitler, Source Readings in Music History, page 172:

     Then he approaches the altar and, with his entire body prostrate upon the floor, he pours out prayers for himself and for the sins of the people, until they sing the introit antiphon with the psalm and the Gloria patri with the verses ad repentendum.

   • 2000, James [W.] McKinnon, “The Introit”, in The Advent Project: The Later-seventh-century Creation of the Roman Mass Proper, Berkeley, Los Angeles, Calif., London: University of California Press, →ISBN, page 195:

     The earliest unequivocal reference to the Roman introit is from the turn- of-the-eighth-century Ordo romanus I, where the chant is described in its fully developed early medieval form. Consisting of an antiphon and psalm, it is sung during the entrance of the pope at the beginning of Mass.