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sanctus

  1. Alternative letter-case form of Sanctus
    • 1991, Bryan D. Spinks, The Sanctus in the Eucharistic Prayer, →ISBN, page 116:
      Egypt, however, developed its own unique supplicatory use of the sanctus.

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Etymology

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    Inherited from Proto-Italic *sanktos, perfect passive participle of *sankjō (consecrate, appoint as sacred).

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    sānctus (feminine sāncta, neuter sānctum, comparative sānctior, superlative sānctissimus); first/second-declension participle

    1. sacred, made inviolable, having been established as sacred.
    2. venerable, august, divine, blessed, holy, saintly
    3. (Late Latin) sainted (having been made a saint)

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    First/second-declension adjective.

    Noun

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    sānctus m (genitive sānctī, feminine sāncta); second declension

    1. (Late Latin) A saint; person who lives a holy and virtuous life.
      "Dorothy Day erat sancta viva." (Dorothy Day was a living saint.)
    2. (Late Latin) A person who is officially proclaimed as having lived a life of heroic virtue.
      "Kateri Tekakwitha sancta proclamata est." (Kateri Tekakwitha was proclaimed a saint.)
    3. (Late Latin) A title given to (2), usually capitalized, prefixed to the person's name.
      "Sanctus Stephanus Protomartyr"

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    Second-declension noun.

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    • sanctus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • sanctus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • sanctus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
    • sanctus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
    • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
      • to be an earnest worshipper of the gods: deos sancte, pie venerari
      • the laws of Solon ordained that..: Solonis legibus sanctum erat, ut or ne
    • sanctus in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
    • sanctus”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
    • Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “sanctus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 11: S–Si, page 149