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- Latin · borrowed fromsānctus“holy”
- English todaysanctus bell
From Latin sānctus (“holy”).
Words from the same roots
Latinsānctus all →
saintsanctuarySantiagosanctussanctifysanctanimitysanquette
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
sanctus bell
Today it means: A sacring-bell. Full definition →
Latin sānctus