missa

American  

[mees-sah, mis-uh] / ˈmis sɑ, ˈmɪs ə /

noun

Latin.

1. Mass.

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Example Sentences

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

Permittat quoque Sanctitas Sua, ut tales etiam ante absolutionem possint sine scrupulo tum Reginae tum sacerdotis celebrantis et aliorum qui missae intererunt, praesentes adesse in ea missa quae coram Regina, durante ejus captivitate celebrabitur.

From Mary Queen of Scots 1542-1587 by Various

Summa petit liuor, perflant altissima venti, Summa petunt dextra fulmina missa Iouis.

From Chronicles of England, Scotland and Ireland (2 of 6): England (6 of 12) Richard the First by Holinshed, Raphael

Gustato pomo missus transit sine morte Heu missa sorte labitur omnis homo.

From The Dance of Death Exhibited in Elegant Engravings on Wood with a Dissertation on the Several Representations of that Subject but More Particularly on Those Ascribed to Macaber and Hans Holbein by Douce, Francis

I. Seu leviter noto seu caro missa sodali Omnes ista solet charta vocare suos.

From Helps to Latin Translation at Sight by Luce, Edmund