different between intromit vs introit

English

Etymology

Latin intr?mitt?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??nt???m?t/

Verb

intromit (third-person singular simple present intromits, present participle intromitting, simple past and past participle intromitted)

1. (law, Scotland) To intermeddle with the effects or goods of another.
2. (transitive) To send in or put in; to insert or introduce.

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3. (transitive) To allow to pass in; to admit.
   • 1669, William Holder, Elements of Speech

     Glass in the window […] intromits Light, without Cold.

Translations

English

Etymology

From Late Middle English introite (“act of entering in or into, entrance; place of entrance”), borrowed from Old French introït, introïte (“introit”) (modern French introït), or from its etymon Latin introitus (“act of entering in or into, entrance; passage; place of entrance; (figuratively) beginning, introduction, prelude”), from introe? (“to enter, go in”) + -tus (suffix forming action nouns from verbs). Introe? is derived from intr? (“to enter, go into”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h?én (“in”)) + e? (“to go”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h?ey- (“to go”)).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: ?n?troit, ?ntr???t, IPA^(key): /??nt???t/, /?n?t????t/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /??n?t???t/, /?n-/
• Rhymes: -???t (one pronunciation)
• Rhymes: -??t (one pronunciation)
• Hyphenation: in?troit, in?tro?it

Noun

introit (plural introits)

1. (Christianity, chiefly Protestantism, music) A composition of vocal music sung at the opening of a church service.
2. (Christianity, chiefly Protestantism, music) An anthem or psalm sung before a Communion service.
3. (Roman Catholicism, music) A part of a psalm or other portion of the Bible read or sung at Mass immediately after the priest ascends to the altar.

   Synonym: introitus
4. (Roman Catholicism, music) A psalm sung or chanted immediately before the collect, epistle, and gospel, and while the priest is entering within the rails of the altar, which begins with the line “Requiem aeternam dona eis, Domine” (“Grant them eternal rest, O Lord”).
5. (obsolete) The action of entering or going in; an entrance.
6. (obsolete, figuratively) An introduction.
7. (obsolete, Christianity) The first few words of the office (“daily service”) for a particular day, sometimes used to refer to the day.

Derived terms

• introitive (obsolete, rare)

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References

Further reading

• introit on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• introit in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• introit in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Latin

Verb

introit

1. third-person singular present active indicative of introe?