2. (R. C. Ch.) (a) A psalm sung or chanted immediately before the collect, epistle, and gospel, and
while the priest is entering within the rails of the altar. (b) A part of a psalm or other portion of Scripture
read by the priest at Mass immediately after ascending to the altar.
3. (R. C. Ch.) An anthem or psalm sung before the Communion service.
4. Any composition of vocal music appropriate to the opening of church services.
Intromission
(In`tro*mis"sion) n. [Cf. F. intromission. See Intromit.]
1. The act of sending in or of putting in; insertion. South.
2. The act of letting go in; admission.
3. (Scots Law) An intermeddling with the affairs of another, either on legal grounds or without authority.
Intromit
(In`tro*mit") v. t. [imp. & p. p. Intromitted; p. pr. & vb. n. Intromitting.] [L. intromittere, intromissum;
intro- within + mittere to send.]
1. To send in or put in; to insert or introduce. Greenhill.
2. To allow to pass in; to admit.
Glass in the window intromits light, without cold.
Holder. Intromit
(In`tro*mit"), v. i. (Scots Law) To intermeddle with the effects or goods of another.
Intromittent
(In`tro*mit"tent) a. [L. intromittens, p. pr.]
1. Throwing, or allowing to pass, into or within.
2. (Zoöl.) Used in copulation; — said of the external reproductive organs of the males of many animals,
and sometimes of those of the females.
Intromitter
(In`tro*mit"ter) n. One who intromits.
Intropression
(In`tro*pres"sion) n. Pressure acting within. [R.]
Introreception
(In`tro*re*cep"tion) n. The act of admitting into or within. Hammond.
Introrse
(In*trorse") a. [L. introrsus inward, contr. from introversus. See Introvert.] (Bot.) Turning or
facing inward, or toward the axis of the part to which it belongs. Gray.
Introspect
(In`tro*spect") v. t. [L. introspectus, p. p. introspicere to look into; intro within + specere
to look. See Spy.] To look into or within; to view the inside of. Bailey.
Introspection
(In`tro*spec"tion) n. [Cf. F. introspection.] A view of the inside or interior; a looking inward; specifically,
the act or process of self-examination, or inspection of one's own thoughts and feelings; the cognition
which the mind has of its own acts and states; self-consciousness; reflection.
I was forced to make an introspection into my own mind.
Dryden. Introspectionist
(In`tro*spec"tion*ist), n. (Metaph.) One given to the introspective method of examining
the phenomena of the soul.
Introspective
(In`tro*spec"tive) a. [Cf. F. introspectif.]
