Etymology

extraordinary form

Today it means: The Tridentine liturgy according to the rubrics in force shortly before the Second Vatican Council. Full definition →

Ecclesiastical Latin forma extraordinaria
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  1. Ecclesiastical Latin · calque offorma extraordinaria
  2. English todayExtraordinary Form

Calque of Ecclesiastical Latin forma extraordinaria, coined by Benedict XVI in 2007 in Summorum pontificum, which referred to the Tridentine Mass as the extraordinary form of the Roman Rite.

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