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ˈmass-book
[f. mass n.1 + book n.]
= missal. (Occas. used erron. for other service books.)
c1000Canons of ælfric c. 21 in Thorpe Laws II. 350 Saltere and pistolboc, godspellboc and mæsseboc..ðas bec sceal mæssepreost nede habban. c1200Ormin Ded. 31 Þa Goddspelless..Þatt sinndenn o þe messeboc Inn all þe ȝer att messe. c1300Havelok 186 A wol fair cloth bringen he dede, And ther on leyde the messebok. c1380Wyclif Wks. (1880) 290 Blessed be god, þat in euery chirche haþ ordeyned masse bookis to witnesse his gospel. c1440Promp. Parv. 334/2 Messboke, missale. 1511Ld. Treas. Acc. Scot. IV. 322 Ane miss buik bocht be him to the chapele. 1642Milton Apol. Smect. Wks. 1851 III. 315 We then using a Liturgy farre more like to the Masse-book then to any Protestant set forme. c1714MS. Catal. Bks. bequeathed to Corp. Chr. Coll. Oxf. by Dr. T. Turner, A Primer (or Masse Book) in English and Latin. 1873Longfellow Wayside Inn iii. Monk of Casal-Maggiore 23 A..monk..Who..to the mass-book gave but little heed. |