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Precious Blood

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Etymology

Calque of Ecclesiastical Latin pretiōsus sanguis.

  1. derived from pretiōsus sanguis

Definitions

  1. The blood of Jesus Christ, especially in the form it is believed to take in the…

    The blood of Jesus Christ, especially in the form it is believed to take in the consecrated wine of the Eucharist.

    • As the month of May is dedicated to the Blessed Virgin, and the month of June to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, so the present month is dedicated to the Precious Blood.
    • This was almost a parody of the procession conducted by Henry III when he took the Precious Blood to the raised shrine of Edward the Confessor.
    • His palms were anointed with chrism and the oil of catechumens; he alone among laymen could now handle the chalice and drink of the Precious Blood at Mass.

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