Black Mass

American  

Or black mass

noun

1. a blasphemous ceremony mocking the Christian Mass, especially one by an alleged worshiper of Satan.

2. a Requiem Mass.

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black mass British  

noun

1. (sometimes capitals) a blasphemous travesty of the Christian Mass, performed by practitioners of black magic

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Etymology

Origin of Black Mass

First recorded in 1890–95

Example Sentences

Yet he seldom is, possibly because of an aversion to putting his own name on his albums: 1967’s The Zodiac came out under the name Cosmic Sounds, 1971’s Black Mass was credited to Lucifer.

From The Guardian • Jul. 9, 2019

The former leader of South Boston's Winter Hill gang inspired the film Black Mass featuring Johnny Depp, and The Departed which won the Academy Award for best picture in 2006.

From BBC • Oct. 30, 2018

Cooper, a former actor, directed Jeff Bridges to an Academy Award in "Crazy Heart" and Johnny Depp to one of his best performances in "Black Mass."

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 21, 2017

His rise to power and arrest was the subject of the 2015 film "Black Mass," based on a book by the same name by two longtime Boston journalists and starring Johnny Depp as Bulger.

From Reuters • Jun. 24, 2016

There remained only the Black Mass, to make me thoroughly acquainted with Satanism as it is practised in our day.

From Là-bas by Wallace, Keene