EGAVE

introit

About 0.07 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun A prayer, typically part of a psalm or other portion of the Bible, read or sung at the start of Mass while or immediately after the priest ascends to the altar.
  2. noun Any piece of choral music, especially a setting of an anthem or a psalm, sung at the opening of a church service.
  3. noun The action of entering or going in; an entrance.
  4. noun An introduction.

Similar words

introitus introibo incipit intrata preface intrada overture verset inchoation preces

Often followed by

of and for is to antiphon trope tropes in

Word family

Introit Introits introits

Save “introit” to learn later