单词 | little mass |
释义 | > as lemmaslittle mass little mass n. Roman Catholic Church a mass without music and with the minimum of ceremony; cf. Low Mass n. at low adj. and n.2 Compounds 3. ΚΠ 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Mass Little Mass is that said at private Altars with less Ceremony. 1737 J. Ozell in tr. F. Rabelais Wks. IV. xlix. 200 (note) A low and dry mass... A little Mass, or low Mass: a Mass without Communion. 1855 E. de Courcillon Le Curé Manqué xii. 167 Afterward the priest said a little mass. 1964 N. Reed Caste War of Yucatán xi. 199 Then the Maestro Cantor began the mass, the ‘Chan’ or little mass, chanting Latin to the best of his ability. 2012 T. Mankiewicz & R. Crane My Life as Mankiewicz viii. 266 Pope John Paul..said a little mass for fifty Polish people. < as lemmas |
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