| 单词 | red mass | 
| 释义 | > as lemmasred mass   red mass  n.				 [after French messe rouge (1710 or earlier; now archaic; compare quot. 1687)]			 a votive Mass, usually one of the Holy Spirit, at which red vestments are worn by the priest; esp. such a mass held to open a term of Court or judicial year. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > sacrament > communion > mass > kinds of mass > 			[noun]		 > using red vestments red mass1891 1687    tr.  G. Brice New Descr. Paris  ii. 171  				The next day after St. Martin, being the day on which the Parliament [sc. Parlement, in France primarily a Court of Law] opens, there is here a Ceremony... All the Members of that great Court are present, apparelled in Scarlet Robes on that day, and assist at a solemn Mass in the great Hall.]			 1891    Weekly Reg. 31 Oct. 547/2  				The ‘Red Mass’ once more take its place as the most important function of the legal year. 1896    W. Pater  & C. L. Shadwell Gaston de Latour vii. 171  				The daily University red mass, De Spiritu Sancto,..said to-day according to the proper course of the season in the chapel of the Sorbonne. 1931    Times 13 Oct. 12/6  				The Michaelmas Law Sittings began yesterday... Red Mass was said at Westminster Cathedral. 1967    New Catholic Encycl. XII. 135/2  				The Red Mass has also been traditionally identified with the opening of the Sacred Roman Rota, the supreme judicial body of the Catholic Church. 1993    Albuquerque 		(New Mexico)	 Jrnl. 4 Oct.  a2/4  				President Clinton leaves a Red Mass at Washington's St. Matthew Cathedral on Sunday. < as lemmas  | 
	
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