| 单词 | great mass |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgreat mass great mass n. [compare post-classical Latin missa major (frequently from 12th cent. in British sources), missa magna (frequently from 13th cent. in British sources), Middle French grant messe (14th cent.; French grand-messe)] now rare = High Mass n. at high adj. and n.2 Compounds 4. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > sacrament > communion > mass > kinds of mass > [noun] > high High MassOE great massa1492 solemn mass1626 a1492 W. Caxton tr. Vitas Patrum (1495) i. xli. f. lxiii/1 Whanne the Gospell of the grete masse [Fr. grant messe] was sayde, The bysshopp commaunded to saynt Nonnus. that he sholde goo preche. 1600 J. Golburne tr. C. de Valera Two Treat. 427 In the pulpit of the great Church of this citie, at the time of the great Masse. 1770 G. Baretti Journey London to Genoa II. 199 The Priest who celebrated the Great Mass this morning. 2001 K. M. Sylvester Limits of Rural Capitalism vii. 177 The celebrations typically involved a procession through the streets of Saint-Boniface, a great mass at the cathedral..and a dramatic and vocal presentation in the evening. < as lemmas |
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