Minor and Major Propers
A relative newcomer to Ordinariate-speak, though having attended services at a local Anglican parish throughout my later teenage years, two related terms have at times puzzled and engaged me: minor propers and major propers . Puzzled, because perhaps I should have paid closer attention to their use when I hung out with my Anglican buddies way back when I was transitioning out of the Untied Church of Canada (... spelling as intended). Having better acquainted myself with the two terms since joining the Ordinariate and being captivated by the preeminence to which English chant ( English Gradual /Burgess) gives to the Word of God, terms one might add in use for a considerable amount of time in Anglican and Anglo-catholic circles, they have become entirely useful to communicate in shorthand about particular sections of the Mass. To quote one comment registered May 2018 at/in the Musicasacra forum : (C)alling the lesser propers 'minor' or 'lesser' does not imply ...