white mass
noun
1A religious or mystical ceremony which is considered benign.
2(Chiefly Roman Catholic Church ) a religious service or assembly of a congregation held in the absence of a priest; (also occasionally) the first mass celebrated by a newly ordained priest.
Origin
Late 19th century; earliest use found in The Nation.
- flip chip
- flip-flop
- flip-flopper
- flip one's lid (or one's wig)
- flippancy
- flippant
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- flipper
- Flipper, Henry Ossian
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- flip someone the bird (or flip the bird)
- flip the script
- flip through
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