Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Tersanctus"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Sanctus \Sanc"tus\, n. [L. sanctus, p. p. of sancire.]
1. (Eccl.) A part of the Mass, or, in Protestant churches, a
part of the communion service, of which the first words in
Latin are Sanctus, sanctus, sanctus [Holy, holy, holy]; --
called also {Tersanctus}.
2. (Mus.) An anthem composed for these words.
{Sanctus bell}, a small bell usually suspended in a bell cot
at the apex of the nave roof, over the chancel arch, in
medi[ae]val churches, but a hand bell is now often used;
-- so called because rung at the singing of the sanctus,
at the conclusion of the ordinary of the Mass, and again
at the elevation of the host. Called also {Mass bell},
{sacring bell}, {saints' bell}, {sance-bell}, {sancte
bell}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Tersanctus \Ter*sanc"tus\, n. [L. ter thrice + sanctus holy.]
(Eccl.)
An ancient ascription of praise (containing the word ``Holy''
-- in its Latin form, ``Sanctus'' -- thrice repeated), used
in the Mass of the Roman Catholic Church and before the
prayer of consecration in the communion service of the Church
of England and the Protestant Episcopal Church. Cf.
{Trisagion}.
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