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soul massn. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: soul n., mass n.1 Etymology: < soul n. + mass n.1 Compare Middle Dutch sielmisse, zielmisse (Dutch zielmis), Middle Low German sēlmisse, sēlemisse, Middle High German sēlmësse (German Seelenmesse), Old Icelandic sálumessa, Old Swedish siälamässa (Swedish själamässa), Old Danish, Danish sjælemesse. Compare also post-classical Latin missa animarum (10th cent.). the world > life > death > obsequies > commemorative ceremonies > [noun] > religious or mass c1300 St. Thomas Becket (Laud) l. 1742 in C. Horstmann (1887) 156 He let singen him þe soule-masse þat no-þing þare-to ne laiȝ. 1466 in J. Cooper (1892) II. 330 He doande yerely ane obbyt of Sir Johne of Kindelochis saule mes. 1488 in T. Dickson (1877) I. 89 To the king to offir at the qwenis sawle mess. 1537 in C. Innes (1845) I. 414 To þe viccaris of þe queir..ȝeirlie in þe day of his decese for derege and sawllmess. 1606 W. Birnie xi. sig. C4v If thou be to ly at the Altar, how wantst thou a Priest to say thy soule Masse? 1675 T. Brooks 312 The Papists..who..for the obtaining of pardon, &c. have appointed Penances and Pilgrimages, and Self-scourgings, and Soul-masses. 1732 D. Neal I. 42 Some preached against the lawfulness of Soul Masses and Obits. 1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth vii, in 2nd Ser. III. 184 Bid the gray monk his soul-mass mutter. 1853 D. Rock IV. xii. 176 The mass for the dead or soul-mass, as our fathers called it, had ritual peculiarities. 1916 E. S. Ellis & A. R. Keller (1918) VIII. xi. 313 Ferdinand..had three thousand soul masses read in Vienna for the murdered officers. 1969 99 2 The endowments and foundations can range from the poor man's provision for a soul Mass to the establishment by the wealthy of a charitable gild, hospital or college. 2001 44 203 Great halls..served as settings for the commemoration of the dead, since such large-scale generosity was usually accompanied with soul masses. society > faith > worship > liturgical year > feast, festival > specific Christian festivals > All Souls (2 November) > [noun] 1876 C. C. Robinson Saumas,..the feast of All Souls, November 2. Compounds General attributive. society > faith > artefacts > consumables > cake > [noun] the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > cake > [noun] > a cake > cake for specific occasion > All Souls' 1661 T. Blount (ed. 2) Soul-masse-Cakes, are certain oaten cakes, which some of the wealthier sort of persons in Lancashire [1674 adds Herefordshire, &c.] use still to give the poor on All-Souls day. 1837 W. Thornber 92 The beggar at the door craving an awmas, or saumas cake, (soulmass cake). 1888 S. O. Addy 254 It may be that the custom of eating tharf-cakes, which obtains in Sheffield on the 5th of November, has reference to the soul mass cake formerly eaten on the Feast of All Souls and on that day distributed to the poor. 1991 J. Stead in C. A. Wilson vi. 162 Soul-mass-cakes were baked and given to the poor as an act of grace which was believed to alleviate the sufferings of the souls of the dead. In Lancashire soul-mass-cake was ‘a kind of oatcakes’, and in York it was a kind of parkin. society > faith > worship > liturgical year > feast, festival > specific Christian festivals > All Souls (2 November) > [noun] 1389 in R. W. Chambers & M. Daunt (1931) 44 Also is ordeined þat vche soule mesday schal be seyde..[masses]..for þe quike & for þe dede. 1461 M. Paston in (2004) I. 272 Wretyn in hast on Sowlemas Daye. 1533 in J. Raine (1884) V. 262 To poor people of All-halowe day and Sawmos day. 1661 F. Howgill viii. 45 Soulmass day was ordained by Odilo. 1872 O. Shipley 430/1 Soul-mass Day. All Souls' day, on which mass was said for the souls of the departed. 1999 B. Blackburn & L. Holford-Stevens 442 All Souls' Day, also known as ‘Soul-mass Day’. From the early ninth century onwards, monasteries began to commemorate their dead as well as the souls of their benefactors. 1766 21 Nov. 4/1 Last Thursday, being Soulmas Fair, there was the greatest Shew of Horned Cattle in this City that has been for several Years. 1804 10 Nov. 2/3 Soulmas Fair will be held on Wednesday the Fourteenth of November inst., and Martinmas Fair Nine Days after. 1896 6 Nov. 2/7 Ripon Soulmas Cattle Fair, Thursday. society > faith > artefacts > consumables > bread > [noun] > given away on All Souls' Day the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > cake > [noun] > a cake > cake for specific occasion > All Souls' a1800 S. Pegge (1814) Solmas-loaf, bread given away on All Souls day. North. 1817 G. Young II. 882 A lady in Whitby has a soul mass loaf about 100 years old. 1948 E. Radford & M. A. Radford 16 Down to the middle nineteenth century Whitby, in Yorkshire, made soul mass loaves—small, round loaves which were sold for a farthing each, and bought mostly as presents for children. society > occupation and work > working > labour supply > [noun] > hiring market 1884 7 Nov. Ripon Hirings. The Soulmas hirings were held yesterday. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). <  n.c1300 |
