Pontifical Mass

noun

1. (sometimes lowercase),  a High Mass celebrated by a bishop or other prelate.

Pontifical Mass

noun

1. RC Church Church of England a solemn celebration of Mass by a bishop

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I attended what might be called pontifical mass.

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Cardinal Dario Castrillon Hoyos is scheduled to lead a first-of its-kind "solemn Pontifical Mass" on Saturday at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Northeast Washington.

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The glittering assemblage of 235 Roman Catholic bishops, gathered at a solemn pontifical Mass in St. Peter's Basilica, hardly resembled a convention of gamblers.

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These days it is still an arduous one, but less "miraculous" In the solemn splendor of St. Peter's in Rome, 500 North American Indians last week knelt and prayed during a pontifical Mass, along with 25,000 worshipers from around the world.

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Last week he celebrated pontifical mass for his silver milestone as archbishop.

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