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noun

Introit n.

A going in.

(R. C. Ch.)

(a)

A psalm sung or chanted immediately before the collect, epistle, and gospel, and while the priest is entering within the rails of the altar.

(b)

A part of a psalm or other portion of Scripture read by the priest at Mass immediately after ascending to the altar.

(R. C. Ch.) An anthem or psalm sung before the Communion service.

Any composition of vocal music appropriate to the opening of church services.

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Etymology of 'Introit'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... celebration of Midnight Mass. On Christmas morning every priest is permitted to say three Masses, which should in strictness be celebrated at midnight, at dawn, and in full daylight. Each has its own Collect, Epistle, and Gospel, each its own Introit, Gradual, and other anthems. In many countries the Midnight Mass is the distinctive Christmas service, a great and unique event in the year, something which by its strangeness gives to the feast of the Nativity a place by itself. Few Catholic rites are more impressive ...

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