Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A Mass in which the liturgical parts are sung as in the High Mass, but which is ceremonially less elaborate.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[New Latin missa cantāta : Late Latin missa, Mass + Latin cantāta, feminine of cantātus, past participle of canere, to sing.]
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The Protestant custom of singing hymns in the vernacular instead of the liturgical chant reacted upon Catholics, and found its way even into the missa cantata.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman 1840-1916 1913
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