black massnoun [ C usually singular ]
uk/ˌblæk ˈmæs/us/ˌblæk ˈmæs/a ceremony in which the Devil is worshipped instead of the Christian God
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
The supernatural - general words
- astral
- aureole
- conjunction
- crystal ball
- demonology
- effigy
- exorcist
- ghoul
- levitate
- mystic
- near-death experience
- paranormal
- supernatural
- tarot
- the powers of darkness
- thing
- things that go bump in the night idiom
- vision
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Examples from literature
- They will do silly things that will strike them as being indecent and blasphemous and dreadful—black masses and suchlike nonsense—and then they will get scared.