folk mass
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of folk mass
First recorded in 1960–65
Example Sentences
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"When they started that folk Mass I was waiting for John Wayne to come down the aisle on a horse singing 'Yippee-yi-yo-ti-yay!' " grumbles Seitz, a member of the parish council.
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Last month Portsmouth enjoyed its first folk mass.
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Over an eye-glazing bowl of punch based on a Spanish drink called "Blood" * Beaumont beat out his 20th Century Folk Mass last week for the benefit of his church servers, who clustered around the vicarage piano.
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St. Luke's "folk Mass" is a serious attempt at a modern version of plain chant.
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