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单词 mass-house
释义 ˈmass-house Obs. exc. Hist.
[mass n.1]
In 17–18th c. a common designation used by Protestants for a Roman Catholic place of worship.
1644in Wallington Notices of Reign of Chas. I (1869) II. 205 They build their Mass houses in every street.1688Evelyn Diary 7 Oct., A Jesuite, who in the Masse-house..had disparag'd the Scripture.1780Johnson Lett. to Mrs. Thrale 9 June, At night the outrages began by the demolition of the mass-house by Lincoln's Inn.1809Kendall Trav. III. lxvii. 54 On the farm are small remains of the missionary church, called by the protestant colonists the mass-house.1849Macaulay Hist. Eng. vi. II. 101 Great crowds assembled in Cheapside to attack the new mass house.
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