missa
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- noun
- /ˈmɪsə/
- Specialized
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misa
- The past two Sundays, we sang the recently rediscovered Missa Solemnes in E for soloists, choir, and orchestra by Father Peter Singer, a prolific composer and instrument builder.
- Missa Est
Examples
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The choir practiced diligently for the annual performance of the missa, enhancing the sacred atmosphere of the service.
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By the time the old pastor dismissed Mass with the command "Ite, Missa Est," the small nave was deserted.
Fiction book (1994) -
As the priest pronounced the Ita Missa Est, the woman ran her hands over the form of the Christ child again and again.
Fiction book (1994) -
Also, they could retrain as altar servers, which will be especially needed if there is a return to the Missa Cantata and Solemnis forms of the EF.
Blog text (31) -
At our Sunday mass, a Tridentine missa cantata, we were told that distributing communion in the hand is not permitted; therefore, the Eucharist was not distributed.
Blog text (6) -
Dean James Morton of the Episcopal Cathedral of St. John of the Divine in New York commissioned a Missa Gaia by the eco-music group, the Paul Winter Consort.
Academic text (1994) -
Every Sunday, the congregation gathers to celebrate the missa and share in the Eucharist.
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During the missa, the priest delivered a moving homily about faith and community.
Synonyms
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A Christian church service where people receive bread and wine to remember Jesus
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A Christian ceremony that blesses bread and wine to remember the Last Supper
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A solemn Catholic church service with full ceremony, music, and incense
A Christian ceremony where bread and wine are blessed and eaten to remember Jesus' Last Supper
A formal church service with set ceremonies and a serious mood
Surface Forms
Etymology
Missa comes from the Latin missa, meaning 'dismissal', and from mittere meaning 'to send', and it is the same root as mission. Because the church service ended with a sending out of the people, the name missa became the term for the Mass today.