missal
Americannoun
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(sometimes initial capital letter) the book containing the prayers and rites used by the priest in celebrating Mass over the course of the entire year.
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any book of prayers or devotions.
noun
Etymology
Origin of missal
1300–50; Middle English < Medieval Latin missāle, noun use of neuter of missālis, equivalent to miss ( a ) Mass + -ālis -al 1
Example Sentences
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All told, the missal numbered 309 pages in its original form.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 23, 2022
He’d even stood directly in front of Pope Francis, holding a missal, during the newly elected pontiff’s first Mass inside the Sistine Chapel.
From Washington Post • Oct. 6, 2021
She remembers weeping as she said her goodbyes to the nuns, including her beloved Sister Claudia, who gave her a missal and a 14th birthday card – her first ever present.
From The Guardian • Jan. 31, 2021
It was all in Latin, and the priest stood with his back to us just like it showed in those stages of the Mass in the missal.
From MSNBC • Oct. 9, 2015
Sometimes I wanted it all to be a dream—the missal flung at the etagere, the shattered figurines, the brittle air.
From "Purple Hibiscus" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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