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Low Mass

noun

  1. a Mass that is said, and not sung, by the celebrant, who is assisted by one server, and which has less ceremonial form than a High Mass, using no music or choir.


Low Mass

noun

  1. a Mass that has a simplified ceremonial form and is spoken rather than sung Compare High Mass
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of Low Mass1

First recorded in 1560–70
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Example Sentences

Low-mass black holes “sing” in harmony with themselves, though with flashes of light instead of sound.

The only persons present were some monks, saying low mass at the side altars.

So in scarce more than the saying of a low mass she was in amongst the trees, with her ass and her wares and her prey.

She gave up everything else; at first she attended low mass, then she left off going to church altogether.

I had rather have one moistened with some good Anjou wine, cried Panurge; fall to, fall to your low mass, and despatch.

Believe me, under such conditions a low Mass is vastly expedited!

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