Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The mass; a mass.
- noun In the Mozarabic liturgy, a variable prayer or address, called more fully the Oratio Missœ (Prayer of the Mass), answering to the Gallican Præfatio Missœ (Preface of the Mass). It probably derived its name from the fact that the dismissal (missa) of the catechumens originally preceded it.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (R. C. Ch.) The service or sacrifice of the Mass.
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- noun music a
mass , in the sense of a composition setting several sung parts of the liturgic service (most often chosen from the ordinary partsKyrie ,Gloria , Credo,Agnus Dei and/orSanctus ) to music, notably when the text inLatin is used (as long universally prescribed by Rome)
Etymologies
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Examples
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"dismisses" the people at the end of the mass, by saying: "Ite, missa est," that is, the victim has been sent (_missa est_) to God through the angel, so that it may be accepted by God.
Summa Theologica, Part III (Tertia Pars) From the Complete American Edition Aquinas Thomas
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In the case of the word missa we can trace the development of its meaning step by step.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 9: Laprade-Mass Liturgy 1840-1916 1913
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Etymologically, the word missa is neither (as Baronius states) from a Hebrew word, nor from the Greek mysis, but is simply derived from missio, just as oblata is derived from oblatio, collecta from collectio, and ulta from ultio.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman 1840-1916 1913
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The two parts are then called by these two names; as the discipline of the catechumenate is gradually forgotten, and there remains only one connected service, it is called by the long familiar name missa, without further qualification.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 9: Laprade-Mass Liturgy 1840-1916 1913
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It was called mized and in Latin missa, meaning “to be released”, and in later ecclesiastical Latin, “Mass”.
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No translator, so far as our knowledge extends, has ventured to render "missa" or "messe," by Lord's Supper or eucharist; but by the appropriate term "_mass; _" because they all felt that the context and scope of the Article demanded it.
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This word 'missa' was gradually corrupted into _mass_.
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Guru Sarnavaresh Giri, fala logo depois de um tipo de "missa" da hora que eles fazem todos os dias. mande uma pergunta que eu faço para um Baba (homem santo) no Kumbha Mel - o maior festival religioso do planeta - e posto a resposta.www. mtv.com.br/babaresponde ou Twitter @babaresponde.
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Guru Sarnavaresh Giri, fala logo depois de um tipo de "missa" da hora que eles fazem todos os dias. mande uma pergunta que eu faço para um Baba
WN.com - Articles related to Hindus in ritual tongue-piercing in east India 2010
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Guru Sarnavaresh Giri, fala logo depois de um tipo de "missa" da hora que eles fazem todos os dias. mande uma pergunta que eu faço para um Baba (homem santo) no Kumbha Mel - o maior festival religioso do planeta - e posto a resposta.www. mtv.com.br/babaresponde ou Twitter @babaresponde.
WN.com - Articles related to Hindus in ritual tongue-piercing in east India 2010
Mcaloon2002 commented on the word missa
Please parse the last words of the Latin Mass: "ite missa est"; help settle an argument I have been having with a High School friend: is missa the past participle of mittere, is it the word for mass or does missa (magically) mean dismissal in medieval Latin?
March 29, 2019