Mass book

noun

1. missal ( def 1 ).

Word History and Origins

Origin of Mass book¹

Middle English word dating back to 1150–1200

Example Sentences

It dates from the seventh century, and is no doubt the identical Missal or Mass-book used by the saint.

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She turned D. Joaõ into a padre, the horse into a bell, the saddle into an altar and the musket into a mass-book.

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He had never seen a story-book in his life; his primer and his mass-book were all the volumes he had.

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If they have fed the poor, they have framed the Mass Book and the Confessional.

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Some of the pictures introduced by him were also found, upon inquiry, to be the very same that might be met with in the mass-book.

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