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▪ I. introit, n.|ˈɪntrɔɪt, ɪnˈtrəʊɪt|
[a. F. introït, in 14th c. (in sense 2) introïte (Hatz.-Darm.), ad. L. introitus entering, entrance, f. introīre to go within, enter.]
†1. The action, or an act, of going in; entrance.
1481Botoner Tulle on Old Age (Caxton) D vij (R. Suppl.), By the introites and entrees of the sonne in to the vii signes of the yere. 1693Urquhart Rabelais iii. xvii, Heraclitus..was nothing astonished at his Introit into such a course and paultry Habitation. 1716M. Davies Athen. Brit. II. 171 From the Transit and Introit of the Saxons hither, to the Year 1153.
†b. fig. Introduction. Obs.
1583Stubbes Anat. Abus. i. (1877) 154 A preparatiue to wantonnes, a prouocatiue to vncleanes, and an introite to al kind of leuedenes.
2. Eccl. An antiphon or psalm sung while the priest approaches the altar to celebrate mass or Holy Communion. Also, the first two or three words of the office appropriated to a particular day and formerly sometimes used to describe or denote it. See quot. 1833.
1483Caxton Gold. Leg. 133 b/2 Two yong angellis began the Introyte of the masse. Ibid. 412/1 Saynt gregory ordeyned thyntroyte of the masse to be songen. c1532G. Du Wes Introd. Fr. in Palsgr. 1069 The raymentes belongyng to the servyce of the masse, unto the introite of the same. 1548–9(Mar.) Bk. Com. Prayer, Communion Rubric, Then shall the Clerkes syng in Englishe for the office, or Introite, (as they call it) a Psalme appointed for that daie. 1754Hume Hist. Eng. I. 401 He had previously ordered the introit to the communion service should begin with these words, Princes sat and spake against me. 1833H. Nicolas Chron. Hist. Pref. 17 Ecclesiastics in the middle ages..describe a day by the ‘introit’, or commencement of the service appointed by the church to be performed there⁓on. Ibid. 111/2 Circumdederunt, the introit and name of Septuagesima Sunday. 1867C. Walker Ritual Reason Why 147 The Introït is one or more verses sung at the entrance of the clergy into the sanctuary.
▪ II. † introit, ppl. a. Obs. rare.
[ad. L. introitus, pa. pple. of introīre: see prec.]
Entered. (Const. as pa. pple.)
1432–50tr. Higden (Rolls) II. 179 If a member..be owte of his place naturalle, and a straunge thynge haue introite in to hit [et intraverit alienum], the body is troublede. |