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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

Based on an unpublished manuscript by the late screenwriter Donald Stewart, it is written, produced and directed by Scott Cooper, who previously directed Black Mass, Crazy Heart and Out of the Furnace.

From The Guardian ● Jan. 4, 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

He was on the FBI's "Ten Most Wanted" list for most of his time on the run and his story inspired multiple films, including 2015's "Black Mass."

From Reuters ● Apr. 28, 2016

After what he had been through, the Black Mass was necessarily an anticlimax.

From The Status Civilization by Robert Sheckley

Those materials can be recovered from black mass through recycling processes such as chemical processing or smelting.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026

Collectively, the three will feed black mass to an Italian recycling plant that is expected to open by late 2026 or early 2027.

From Reuters ● Aug. 1, 2023

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

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 20, 2023

It's called electro-extraction and it works by using an electrical current to separate metals out from crushed up battery waste known as "black mass".

From BBC ● May 2, 2022

I felt it, too, a black mass clogging my throat.

From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda