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  Black Mass

  noun

  a blasphemous ceremony mocking the Christian Mass, especially one by an alleged worshiper of Satan.
• black mass
  black mass

  noun

  (sometimes capitals) a blasphemous travesty of the Christian Mass, performed by practitioners of black magic

Black Mass

American  

Or black mass

noun

1. a blasphemous ceremony mocking the Christian Mass, especially one by an alleged worshiper of Satan.

2. a Requiem Mass.

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black mass British  

noun

1. (sometimes capitals) a blasphemous travesty of the Christian Mass, performed by practitioners of black magic

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Etymology

Origin of Black Mass

First recorded in 1890–95

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The former leader of South Boston's Winter Hill gang inspired the film Black Mass featuring Johnny Depp, and The Departed which won the Academy Award for best picture in 2006.

From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2018

Cooper, a former actor, directed Jeff Bridges to an Academy Award in "Crazy Heart" and Johnny Depp to one of his best performances in "Black Mass."

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 21, 2017

"Black Mass," a book on Bulger's rise to power and eventual flight, was turned into a 2015 film starring Johnny Depp as the gangster.

From Reuters ● Oct. 3, 2016

Many critics and viewers thought Depp’s performance as Whitey Bulger in Black Mass was enough to land him a nod for Best Actor.

From Time ● Jan. 14, 2016

It was there, amid these incongruous surroundings, that I first had my spirit tortured by the strains of "The Black Mass."

From Tales of Chinatown by Rohmer, Sax

That black mass is then processed to make battery-grade material for the battery’s cathode.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 20, 2023

A machine then shreds the packs to separate plastic, aluminum and copper from a black mass that contains crucial ingredients such as lithium, nickel, cobalt, manganese and graphite.

From New York Times ● May 8, 2023

Li-Cycle plans for now to produce black mass at its French and other European sites, and then ship that material to Rochester for processing, Johnston said.

From Reuters ● Mar. 27, 2023

The company has developed a network of facilities in Arizona, Alabama and Ontario that produce black mass, which is essentially shredded battery parts.

From Reuters ● Feb. 27, 2023

A shifting black mass hung low over Manhattan.

From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda