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INTROIT

Definitions: INTROIT

INTROIT

Noun

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

2. An anthem or psalm sung before the Communion service.

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

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

5. A going in.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Etymology: Introit \In*tro"it\, noun. [Latin expression introitus, from introire to go into, to enter; intro within ire to go: compare to the French expression introit.]. (Websters 1913)


Synonyms within Context: INTROIT

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Reception

Noun: reception; admission, admittance, entree, importation; introduction, intromission; immission, ingestion, imbibation, introception, absorption, ingurgitation, inhalation; suction, sucking; eating, drinking; (food); insertion; interjection; introit.

Rite

Eucharist, Lord's supper, communion; the sacrament, the holy sacrament; celebration, high celebration; missa cantata; asperges; offertory; introit; consecration; consubstantiation, transubstantiation; real presence; elements; mass; high mass, low mass, dry mass.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: INTROIT

English words defined with "INTROIT": Laetere Sunday. (references)
Specialty definitions using "INTROIT": Lætare Sunday. (references)
Non-English Usage: "INTROIT" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses.

Latin (enter, go in or into, invade).

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Usage Frequency: INTROIT

"INTROIT" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "INTROIT" is used about 4 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (singular)100%4175,879

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: INTROIT

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

introit

5

finzi introit

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: INTROIT

Language Translations for "INTROIT"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

German

  

Eingangslied. (various references)

   

Greek 

  

είσοδοσ εκκλησίασ, απολυτίκιο (recessive, short hymn). (various references)

   

Italian

  

introito (income, takings). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

introitay

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Bible Trace: INTROIT

LanguageDateSourceMark Chapter 7, Verse 19
Greek (transliterated)250 BCSeptuagintOti ouk eisporeuetai autou eiV thn kardian all eiV thn koilian kai eiV ton afedrwna ekporeuetai kaqarizon panta ta brwmata
Latin405VulgateQuia non introit in cor eius sed in ventrem et in secessum exit purgans omnes escas
Old English990West SaxonFor þan hit ne gæð on his heorten.ac on his innoð. & on forðgang ge-witeð ealle metas clænsiende.
Middle English1395WyclifFor it hath not entrid in to his herte, but in to the wombe, and bynethe it goith out, purgynge alle metis.
Renaissance English1526TyndaleBecause it entrith not in to his hert but into ye belly: and goeth out into the draught that porgeth oute all meates.
Jacobean English1611King JamesBecause it entereth not into his heart, but into the belly, and goeth out into the draught, purging all meats?
Victorian English1833WebsterBecause it entereth not into his heart, but into the belly, and goeth out into the draught, purging all kinds of food.
Basic English1964OgdenBecause it goes not into the heart but into the stomach, and goes out with the waste? He said this, making all food clean.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Matched Bible Translations: INTROIT

LanguageMark Chapter 7, Verse 19
Croatianjer mu ne ulazi u srce, nego u utrobu te izlazi u zahod?" Tako on oèisti sva jela.
DanishThi det går ikke ind i hans Hjerte men i hans Bug og går ud ad den naturlige Vej, og således renses al Maden."
DutchWant het gaat niet in zijn hart, maar in den buik, en gaat in de heimelijkheid uit, reinigende al de spijzen.
FinnishSillä se ei mene hänen sydämeensä, vaan vatsaan, ja ulostuu." Näin hän sanoi kaikki ruuat puhtaiksi.
FrenchCar cela n`entre pas dans son coeur, mais dans son ventre, puis s`en va dans les lieux secrets, qui purifient tous les aliments.
GermanDenn es geht nicht in sein Herz, sondern in den Bauch, und geht aus durch den natürlichen Gang, der alle Speise ausfegt.
HungarianMert nem a szívébe megy be, hanem a gyomrába; és az árnyékszékbe kerül, a mely minden eledelt megtisztít.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hariSebab yang masuk itu tidak lewat hati, tetapi lewat perut, dan kemudian keluar lagi." Dengan kata-kata itu Yesus menyatakan bahwa semua makanan halal.
Indonesian-Terjemahan LamaKarena itu bukannya masuk ke dalam hati, melainkan ke dalam perut, lalu keluar ke dalam jamban, dengan demikianlah membersihkan segala makanan itu?"
Italianperché non gli entra nel cuore ma nel ventre e va a finire nella fogna?». Dichiarava così mondi tutti gli alimenti.
MaoriNo te mea e kore e tapoko ki tona ngakau, engari ki te kopu a puta ana ki te poka? He korero tenei nana kia kiia ai he ma nga kai katoa.
NorwegianDet kommer jo ikke inn i hans hjerte, mere bare i hans buk, og går ut den naturlige vei, hvorved all mat blir renset.
Portugueseporque não lhe entra no coração, mas no ventre, e é lançado fora? Assim declarou puros todos os alimentos.   
RumanianFiindcq nu intrq kn inima lui, ci kn pkntece, wi apoi este dat afarq kn hazna?`` A zis astfel, fqcknd toate bucatele curate.
ShuarAntsu wakenam Wayá, nankaamas menkaatsuk" Tímiayi. Nuna taku, Ashí yurumak Páchitsuk yuamniaiti, Tímiayi.
Swedisheftersom det icke går in i hennes hjärta, utan ned i buken, och har sin naturliga utgång?" Härmed förklarade han all mat för ren.
UmaApa' pongkoni' toe, uma mesua' hi rala nono-ta. Mesua' hi ta'i-ta-wadi, pai' ngkai ree kaliliu tatadi." Hante lolita-na toe, Yesus mpakanoto ka'uma-na ria pongkoni' to rapalii'.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Derivations & Misspellings: INTROIT

Derivations

Words beginning with "INTROIT": introits. (additional references)


Misspellings

"INTROIT" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Indrajit, intoit, intote, intray, intri, introt. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: INTROIT

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "i-i-n-o-r-t-t"

-1 letter: intort, triton.

-2 letters: intro, nitro, torii.

-3 letters: inro, inti, into, iron, noir, nori, riot, roti, tint, tiro, titi, toit, tori, torn, tort, trio, trot.

-4 letters: ion, nit, nor, not, ort, rin, rot, tin, tit, ton, tor, tot.

-5 letters: in, it, no, on, or, ti, to.

 Words containing the letters "i-i-n-o-r-t-t"
 

+1 letter: antiriot, introits, intromit.

 

+2 letters: attrition, detrition, initiator, intorting, intromits, iteration, nitration, nutrition, partition, sortition, striation, titration, tradition, tretinoin, tricotine.

 

+3 letters: anorthitic, antierotic, attritions, contrition, detritions, distorting, distortion, filtration, flirtation, initiators, initiatory, instigator, institutor, interpoint, invitatory, irritation, iterations, literation, nitrations, nutritions, nutritious, outwriting, partitions, petitioner, recitation, repetition, sortitions, striations, thorianite, tinctorial, titrations, tortellini, traditions, transition, tretinoins, tricotines, trillionth, trisection, urtication, zwitterion.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: INTROIT


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

49 4E 54 52 4F 49 54

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

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Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001001 01001110 01010100 01010010 01001111 01001001 01010100

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#73 &#78 &#84 &#82 &#79 &#73 &#84

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0049 004E 0054 0052 004F 0049 0054

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

43485452494354

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Non-English Dictionaries with "INTROIT"

LanguageCoverageLanguage Translations

German

wörterbuch, Übersetzungdeutsch, Deutsche, "ερμανός, tedesco

Greek

λεξικό, ορισμός, μετάφρασηgrieche, ελληνικόσ, 'Ελληνας, greco

Italian

dizionario, definizione, traduzioneitalienisch, Ιταλός, italiano

English

Dictionary, Definition, Translationenglisch, εγγλέζοσ, αγγλικόσ, inglese
 


INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage Frequency
4. Expressions: Internet
5. Translations: Modern
6. Bible Trace
7. Derivations
8. Anagrams
9. Orthography
10. Bibliography


  

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