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High Mass

noun

, Roman Catholic Church.
  1. a Mass celebrated according to the complete rite, in which the liturgy is sung by the celebrant.


High Mass

noun

  1. a solemn and elaborate sung Mass Compare Low Mass
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of High Mass1

1100–50; Middle English, late Old English
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Example Sentences

Every Sunday morning, Fusco passes the building on his way to serve as an usher at the Latin High Mass at the Church of the Holy Innocents, on West 37th Street.

High Mass on Sundays begins with holy water sprinkled up the aisle, and it features plumes of incense and the sounds of bells, a pipe organ and Gregorian chant.

Every time another story surfaces, an unsettling thought creeps into my mind, floating around like the incense that wafts above the altar during a High Mass:

But all they play is a program of organ music that reminds me of High Mass at the cathedral and has the same effect.

The story of an African American woman who outlasts her male tormentors by finding strength in sisterhood was conducted with the intensity of a High Mass.

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