sung Mass

noun

1. a Mass in which parts of the proper and the ordinary are sung rather than recited; missa cantata.

Word History and Origins

Origin of sung Mass¹

First recorded in 1520–30

Example Sentences

A rumour went abroad of the lapsing of the Archbishop, and that he had sung mass before the Queen; but it proved false.

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Even in the country churches it was the rule, not the exception, to have a sung mass on Sundays.

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All this seems surely broad enough to bring the sung mass within the capability of most missions.

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Four early Eucharists followed by another for children at half-past nine, and the parochial sung Mass—sung Eucharist.

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