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Meaning of black sanctus | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. A profane or blasphemous parody of a hymn.
    archaic
  2. Harsh words, especially profanities, or other dissonant noises; a cacophony.
    archaic, figuratively

Examples

“I knewe I would make⟳ him soone change⟳ his note⟳, / I will make⟳ him sing⟳ the blacke sanctus, I holde him a grote.”
“The surly sinners sing⟳ / A horrible black santis, so to cheer⟳ / The work⟳ in hand. And evermore you hear⟳ / A shout⟳ of awful joy, as down goes some / Three-hundred-years-old treasure.”
“As plesaunt to the ere as the blacke sanctus / Of a sad sorte vpon a mery pyn.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

black sand black santis black santos black sapote Black Saturday black scabbardfish

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