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missa cantata

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[mis-uh kuhn-tah-tuh] / ˈmɪs ə kənˈtɑ tə /

noun

  1. a Mass whose music is equivalent to that of the High Mass but that is less elaborate in its celebration.

Etymology

Origin of missa cantata

1900–05; < Late Latin: literally, sung mass; see mass, cantata

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