missa
Americannoun
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If an outlier composer wrote an original tenor, the Mass was somewhat dismissively deemed a "missa sine nomine," a Mass without a name.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 14, 2015
At last the priest turned again to the congregation and droned out the Ita missa est, and all was over.
From The Champdoce Mystery by Émile Gaboriau
From the missio, missa, or dismissal announced by the deacon to the people before and after the mass of the faithful, the term missa or mass is derived.
From The Ceremonies of the Holy-Week at Rome by Charles Michael Baggs
The Relation of Catechumens to the Church.—Catechumens were allowed of course to attend church services, but at a certain point were dismissed with the words “Ite catechumeni, missa est.”
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" by Various
After ten or fifteen minutes she again opened her eyes, and fixing an intense look upon Mrs. W——, said, "Dear missa, do you not love Jesus?"
From Gleanings by the Way by John A. Clark
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