missal

a book of prayers or devotions
Not to be confused with:missile – an object or weapon for throwing or shooting

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M0341900 (mĭs′əl)n.1. Roman Catholic Church A book containing all the prayers and responses necessary for celebrating the Mass throughout the year.2. A prayer book.

[Middle English, from Anglo-Norman missal and from Medieval Latin missāle (Anglo-Norman, from Medieval Latin), from neuter of missālis, of the Mass, from Late Latin missa, Mass; see Mass.]

missal

(ˈmɪsəl) n (Roman Catholic Church) RC Church a book containing the prayers, rites, etc, of the Masses for a complete year[C14: from Church Latin missale (n), from missālis concerning the Mass]

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n. 1. (sometimes cap.) a book containing the prayers and rites used in celebrating the mass over the course of the year. 2. any book of prayers or devotions. [1300–50; Middle English < Medieval Latin missāle, derivative of miss(a) mass² + -ālis -al¹]

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Noun

missal - (Roman Catholic Church) a book containing all the prayers and responses needed to celebrate Mass throughout the yearprayer book, prayerbook - a book containing prayersChurch of Rome, Roman Catholic Church, Roman Church, Western Church, Roman Catholic - the Christian Church based in the Vatican and presided over by a pope and an episcopal hierarchy

Translations

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missal

[Lat.,=of the mass], in the Roman Catholic Church, liturgical book containing all directions and texts necessary for the performance of MassMass,
religious service of the Roman Catholic Church, which has as its central act the performance of the sacrament of the Eucharist. It is based on the ancient Latin liturgy of the city of Rome, now used in most, but not all, Roman Catholic churches. The term Mass [Lat.
..... Click the link for more information. throughout the year. The Roman Missal (Missale Romanum) published by Pope Pius V in 1570, over the years replaced the widespread use of separate missals by each diocese. A number of religious orders (e.g., the Dominicans) and certain privileged dioceses (e.g., Milan) still use missals containing elements proper to themselves. The missal is in Latin and vernacular forms. The Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy, issued by the Second Vatican Council in 1963, initiated a full-scale reform of the text of the Roman Missal.

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noun (Roman Catholic Church) a book containing all the prayers and responses needed to celebrate Mass throughout the year

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