blacke saunts

A form of black sanctus — A profane or blasphemous parody of a hymn.

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Meanings

nounblacke saunts (uncountable)
  1. obsoleteuncountableObsolete form of black sanctus.

    Singing Psalmes,‥one in this language, and another in that, all at once like a blacke saunts, and one often not vnderstood of another.

    1582, Rheims Bible
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