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| Mass [ mass ] (plural Masses) or mass [ mass ] (plural mass·es) |
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1. Christian ceremony: in the Roman Catholic Church and some Protestant churches, the religious ceremony of Communion
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2. musical setting of Mass: a part of the text of a Roman Catholic Mass set to music, to be sung by a choir
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| [Pre-12th century. < ecclesiastical Latin missa< Latin mittere "send away"] |
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