MSS.

¹ American  

Or MSS,

abbreviation

1. manuscripts.

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M.S.S. ² American  

abbreviation

1. Master of Social Science.

2. Master of Social Service.

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MSS British  

abbreviation

1. manuscripts

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Example Sentences

But the irreplaceable possessions of the library, its 1,200 MSS. and 40,000 records, were removed by the Hermann G�ring Division.

From Time Magazine Archive

In many of the illuminations of MSS. in the fifteenth century we also find a gold dragon on a red pennon, as one of the ensigns in the French armies.

From Flags: Some Account of their History and Uses. by Macgeorge, Andrew

Many apparent puerilities, such as the counting of letters and the marking of the middle point of books, had a practical use in enabling copyists of MSS. to determine the amount of work done.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" by Various

It is questionable but that Sir James Ware knew Bishop Dougan had been Bishop of Soder and Man, for in one of his MSS. in Trinity College Library, cited by Reeves, p.

From Irish Ecclesiastical Record, Volume 1, May 1865 by

He had to collect MSS. from all parts of Portugal, decipher, classify and weigh them before he could begin work, and then he found it necessary to break with precedents and destroy traditions.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" by Various