Dominican Rite

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The Dominican Rite is a distinct liturgical tradition of the Catholic Church developed by the Order of Preachers, featuring its own forms of the Mass and Divine Office.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Catholic liturgical tradition
Western liturgical rite
liturgical rite
approvedBy Holy See
Pope Clement IV
Pope Innocent IV
basedOn Roman Rite
celebratedInForm Low Mass
Solemn Mass
Sung Mass
codifiedBy Humbert of Romans
codifiedInCentury 13th century
developedBy Order of Preachers
developedInCentury 13th century
developedInContextOf medieval Western Church
followsTheologyOf Roman Catholicism
surface form: Roman Catholic Church
hasCharacteristic distinct gestures and postures of the celebrant
distinct order of the Offertory
distinct rubrics for Divine Office
distinct rubrics for Mass
fixed prayers at the foot of the altar differing from Roman Rite
own liturgical books
proper Dominican Prefaces and collects
proper Dominican antiphons and responsories
proper Dominican processional customs
proper calendar of saints
proper chants
simplified ceremonial compared to Roman Rite
use of the Confiteor with Dominican saints
hasFeast Feast of Dominican martyrs with proper texts
Feast of Saint Dominic with proper texts
hasGoal harmonizing liturgy across the Dominican Order
supporting preaching and study through liturgy
hasPart Roman Breviary
surface form: Dominican Breviary

Liturgy of the Hours
surface form: Dominican Divine Office

Dominican Missal
Dominican Rite self-linksurface differs
surface form: Dominican Rite Mass
influencedBy local uses of medieval France
local uses of medieval Germany
local uses of medieval Italy
language Latin
partOf Latin liturgical tradition
primaryUsers Dominican friars
Dominican nuns
Dominican tertiaries in some places
relatedTo Ambrosian Rite
Carmelite Rite
Carthusian Rite
Roman Rite
statusAfterVaticanII largely replaced by Roman Rite
retained in some Dominican communities
traditionallyObservedIn Dominican convents
Dominican priories
Dominican studia
usedBy Order of Preachers
surface form: Dominican Order

Order of Preachers
usedFor celebration of the Divine Office
celebration of the Eucharist
celebration of the Liturgy of the Hours
celebration of the sacraments

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Carthusian Rite distinctFrom Dominican Rite
Dominican Rite hasPart Dominican Rite self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Dominican Rite Mass
Dominican friars hasProperRite Dominican Rite
Latin Rite includesLiturgicalUse Dominican Rite
Carmelite Rite relatedTo Dominican Rite
Dominican nuns uses Dominican Rite
this entity surface form: Dominican Rite (in some communities)