missa

[ mees-sah; English mis-uh ]

/ ˈmis sɑ; English ˈmɪs ə /

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Question 1 of 12

On the farm, the feed for chicks is significantly different from the roosters’; ______ not even comparable.

Among other things I heard for the first time the difficult Missa Solennis.
The Life & Letters of Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky|Modeste Tchaikovsky
Old Missa looked after her as well as she could, and never lost sight of her if she could help it.
Dry Fish and Wet|Anthon Bernhard Elias Nilsen
Missa had been a mother to her from the moment she realised she was living in this world; she would tell her all.
Dry Fish and Wet|Anthon Bernhard Elias Nilsen
The last effort dates from 1819 and, strangely enough, falls in the middle of his work on the Missa Solemnis.
The Life of Ludwig van Beethoven, Volume II (of 3)|Alexander Wheelock Thayer

Never, it may be said, did so great an artwork as is the Missa Solemnis see its creation under more adverse circumstances.
The Life of Ludwig van Beethoven, Volume III (of 3)|Alexander Wheelock Thayer