Usus antiquior
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Usus antiquior is the traditional form of the Roman Rite Mass as codified after the Council of Trent and used in the Catholic Church for centuries prior to the liturgical reforms of the 20th century.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Usus antiquior canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T211556 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Usus antiquior Context triple: [Tridentine Mass, alsoKnownAs, Usus antiquior]
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A.
Oreortyx
Oreortyx is a small genus of New World quails best known for the mountain quail, a ground-dwelling game bird native to western North America.
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B.
Golus
Golus is a Yiddish term referring to the Jewish exile and dispersion from their ancestral homeland, encompassing both the physical diaspora and its spiritual-historical implications.
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C.
Rhynchortyx
Rhynchortyx is a small genus of New World quails known for inhabiting dense tropical forests in Central and South America.
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D.
Colinus
Colinus is a genus of New World quails best known for species like the Northern bobwhite, small ground-dwelling game birds found in the Americas.
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E.
Sentinelese
The Sentinelese are an uncontacted Indigenous people living in near-total isolation on North Sentinel Island in the Bay of Bengal, known for actively resisting outside contact and maintaining a traditional hunter-gatherer lifestyle.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Usus antiquior Target entity description: Usus antiquior is the traditional form of the Roman Rite Mass as codified after the Council of Trent and used in the Catholic Church for centuries prior to the liturgical reforms of the 20th century.
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A.
Oreortyx
Oreortyx is a small genus of New World quails best known for the mountain quail, a ground-dwelling game bird native to western North America.
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B.
Golus
Golus is a Yiddish term referring to the Jewish exile and dispersion from their ancestral homeland, encompassing both the physical diaspora and its spiritual-historical implications.
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C.
Rhynchortyx
Rhynchortyx is a small genus of New World quails known for inhabiting dense tropical forests in Central and South America.
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D.
Colinus
Colinus is a genus of New World quails best known for species like the Northern bobwhite, small ground-dwelling game birds found in the Americas.
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E.
Sentinelese
The Sentinelese are an uncontacted Indigenous people living in near-total isolation on North Sentinel Island in the Bay of Bengal, known for actively resisting outside contact and maintaining a traditional hunter-gatherer lifestyle.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Catholic liturgical rite
ⓘ
form of the Roman Rite ⓘ |
| associatedCouncil | Council of Trent ⓘ |
| belongsToTradition | Western liturgical tradition ⓘ |
| celebratedAd | ad orientem ⓘ |
| celebratedBy | priests of the Latin Church ⓘ |
| celebrationRequires | use of 1962 liturgical books under current norms ⓘ |
| codificationCentury | 16th century ⓘ |
| codifiedAfter | Council of Trent ⓘ |
| contrastedWith |
Mass of Paul VI
ⓘ
Ordinary Form of the Roman Rite ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Tridentine Mass
ⓘ
surface form:
Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite
Tridentine Mass ⓘ
surface form:
Traditional Latin Mass
Tridentine Mass ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
Communion on the tongue
ⓘ
Last Gospel at the end of Mass ⓘ multiple prayers at the foot of the altar ⓘ silent Canon ⓘ strict rubrics for gestures and postures ⓘ use of Gregorian chant ⓘ use of altar rails and kneeling for Communion ⓘ use of the traditional Roman calendar ⓘ use of traditional one-year lectionary ⓘ |
| hasForm |
High Mass
ⓘ
Low Mass ⓘ Requiem Mass ⓘ Tridentine Mass ⓘ
surface form:
Solemn High Mass
|
| language | Latin ⓘ |
| limitedBy | Pope Francis ⓘ |
| liturgicalFamily |
Latin Rite
ⓘ
surface form:
Roman Rite
|
| mainMissalEditionInUse |
Missale Romanum
ⓘ
surface form:
1962 Roman Missal
|
| principalMissal |
Missale Romanum
ⓘ
surface form:
Missale Romanum of Pope Pius V
Missale Romanum ⓘ
surface form:
Roman Missal of 1570
|
| promotedBy | Pope Benedict XVI ⓘ |
| recognizedAs | extraordinary form of the Roman Rite (2007–2021 practice) ⓘ |
| regulatedBy |
Summorum Pontificum
ⓘ
Traditionis custodes ⓘ Universae Ecclesiae ⓘ |
| restrictedBy | Traditionis custodes ⓘ |
| revisedBy |
Pope Clement VIII
ⓘ
Pope John XXIII ⓘ Pope Pius V ⓘ Pope Pius X ⓘ Pope Pius XII ⓘ Pope Urban VIII ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfPredominantUse | from late 16th century to mid-20th century ⓘ |
| typicalLanguageOfReadings |
Latin
ⓘ
vernacular (optionally for Epistle and Gospel) ⓘ |
| typicalOrientation | priest and people facing the same direction ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Roman Catholicism
ⓘ
surface form:
Catholic Church
|
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Subject: Usus antiquior Description of subject: Usus antiquior is the traditional form of the Roman Rite Mass as codified after the Council of Trent and used in the Catholic Church for centuries prior to the liturgical reforms of the 20th century.
Referenced by (2)
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