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missa cantata

[ mis-uh kuhn-tah-tuh ]

noun

  1. a Mass whose music is equivalent to that of the High Mass but that is less elaborate in its celebration.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of missa cantata1

1900–05; < Late Latin: literally, sung mass; mass, cantata
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Example Sentences

Assisting at the ten o'clock Missa, Cantata Parochialis was always a source of devotion and unusual interest.

A missa cantata is often held there, when a noisy brass band will render dance music, often at the moat solemn parts.

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