( n. )
A hymn introduced in the Mass on certain festival days, and recited or sung immediately before the gospel, and after the gradual or introit, whence the name.
( n. )
A hymn introduced in the Mass on certain festival days, and recited or sung immediately before the gospel, and after the gradual or introit, whence the name.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary. Пересмотренный полный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012