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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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Bulger, 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 2007.

From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2022

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

Sadly, this quote did not make the Black Mass posters.

From The Guardian ● Apr. 28, 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

"You will not go to the Black Mass."

From Là-bas by Keene Wallace

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

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

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 20, 2023

The Rochester facility will break down that black mass into lithium and other metals.

From Reuters ● Feb. 27, 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

‘Is that the opening of — of the Morgul Valley, away over there beyond that black mass?’

From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien

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