Mass

• IPA^(key): /ˈmæs/

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• Rhymes: -æs
• Homophone: mass

From Middle English messe, from Old English mæsse and Old French messe, both from Late Latin missa, from Latin mittō (“to send, dismiss”), compare French messe. In the ancient churches, the public services at which the catechumens were permitted to be present were called missa catechumenorum, ending with the reading of the Gospel. Then they were dismissed with the words: "Ite, missa est", the congregation is dismissed. After that the sacrifice proper began. At its close the same words were said to those who remained. So the word gave the name of Mass to the sacrifice in the Catholic Church. Compare Christmas, Lammas, missal. Doublet of missa.

Mass (countable and uncountable, plural Masses)

1. (Roman Catholicism) The principal liturgical service of the Church, encompassing both a scripture service (Liturgy of the Word) and a eucharistic service (Liturgy of the Eucharist), which includes the consecration and oblation (offering) of the host and wine.
2. A similar ceremony offered by a number of Christian churches.
3. (music) A musical composition set to portions, or all, of the Mass.

Short forms.

Mass

1. Abbreviation of Massachusetts.

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2. Alternative form of Mas.

• Sams, SAMs, MSAs, sams, SMAs, MSSA, SMSA, ASMS, ASMs

Mass m

1. a male given name

Patronymics

• Mass's son: Massson
• Mass's daughter: Massdóttir

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• Rhymes: -as

Mass n (strong, genitive Masses, plural Masse)

1. Switzerland and Liechtenstein standard spelling of Maß

• “Mass” in Duden online

• IPA^(key): /ˈmas/
• Rhymes: -as
• Syllabification: Mass

Mass f (plural Masse)

1. mass

• Boll, Piter Kehoma (2021), “Mass”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português, 3rd edition (overall work in Portuguese), Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch

• IPA^(key): [mɑs]
• Rhymes: -ɑs

From Middle High German misse, from Old High German missa (variant of messa), from Latin missa. The form requires Middle High German -i- affected by regular centralization and lowering as in Kand etc. Middle High German mësse would have yielded *Mess or *Miess. Cognate with Dutch mis, German Messe, English mass, Danish messe.

Mass f (plural Massen)

1. (Roman Catholicism) mass, Mass (kind of liturgical service)

Borrowed from French masse and/or German Masse, both from Latin massa. The word cannot directly continue Middle High German masse, which would have yielded *Maass.

Mass f (plural Massen)

1. paste, dough
2. mass (great quantity)
3. (physics) mass, weight
4. (electronics) earth, ground