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High Mass

Definition: High Mass

High Mass

Noun

1. A solemn and elaborate Mass with music.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Synonyms within Context: High Mass

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Rite

Eucharist, Lord's supper, communion; the sacrament, the holy sacrament; celebration, high celebration; missa cantata; asperges; offertory; introit; consecration; consubstantiation, transubstantiation; real presence; elements; mass; high mass, low mass, dry mass.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: High Mass

English words defined with "High Mass": humeral veilveil. (references)

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Commercial Usage: High Mass

DomainTitle

Books

  • Latin High Mass for Nostalgic Catholics (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Theater & Movies

  • High Mass Coronation Celebrated by Pope John Paul (Mozart) (reference)

  • High Mass Celebrated by Pope John Paul II (reference)

    (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Photo Album: High Mass

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Buffalo, New York. Easter high mass at the Corpus Christi church in the Polish community. Credit: Library of Congress.

XXVIII International Eucharistic Congress, First General Meeting, Solemn Pontifical High Mass; His Eminence John Cardinal Bonzano, Celebrant; Choir, 60,000 parochial school children; Soldiers' Field, June 21, 1926, Chicago, Ill., U.S.A. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Use in Literature: High Mass

TitleAuthorQuote

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

He took a Jesuit confessor, and went both to high mass and to vespers.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: High Mass

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

brevis casciolini high mass missa

3
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: High Mass

Language Translations for "High Mass"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Arabic 

  

‏القداس العالى. (various references)

   

Danish

  

takket vaere den hoeje masseabsorptionskoefficient blev lavenergetisk roentgenstraaling naesten helt absorberet (by virtue of the high mass absorption coefficient, low-energy X-radiation was almost entirely absorbed). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

door de hoge massa-absorptiecoefficient wordt rontgenstraling met lage energie nagenoeg volledig geabsorbeerd (by virtue of the high mass absorption coefficient, low-energy X-radiation was almost entirely absorbed). (various references)

   

French

  

grande messe. (various references)

   

German

  

dank de ώs hohen Massenabsorptionskoeffizienten wird die weiche Rontgenstrahlung nahezu vollstaendig absorbiert (by virtue of the high mass absorption coefficient, low-energy X-radiation was almost entirely absorbed). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

Λόγω του υψηλού συντελεστή μαζικής απορρόφησης,η χαμηλής ενέργειας ακτινοβολία Χ απορροφήθηκε σχεδόν εξ ολοκλήρου. (by virtue of the high mass absorption coefficient, low-energy X-radiation was almost entirely absorbed). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

nagymise, ünnepi mise, énekes mise. (various references)

   

Italian

  

dato l'alto coefficiente di assorbimento di massa, i raggi X a debole energia vengono assorbiti quasi completamente (by virtue of the high mass absorption coefficient, low-energy X-radiation was almost entirely absorbed). (various references)

   

Manx

  

erin mooar. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ighhay assmay

   

Portuguese

  

em virtude do elevado coeficiente de atenuação mássica,a radiação-x de baixa energia foi quase completamente absorvida (by virtue of the high mass absorption coefficient, low-energy X-radiation was almost entirely absorbed). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

liturghie mare. (various references)

   

Turkish

  

müzikli ve görkemli ayin. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: High Mass

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-g-h-h-i-m-s-s"

-2 letters: agisms, sigmas.

-3 letters: agism, amiss, highs, shags, shahs, shams, shims, sighs, sigma, simas, smash.

-4 letters: aims, amis, gams, gash, ghis, hags, hahs, hams, hash, high, hiss, isms, magi, mags, mash, mass, migs, miss, sags, sash, shag, shah, sham, shim, sigh, sima, sims.

-5 letters: aim, ais, ami, ash, ass, gam, gas, ghi, hag, hah, ham.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Commercial
4. Images: Photo Album
5. Quotations: Fiction
6. Expressions: Internet
7. Translations: Modern
8. Anagrams
9. Bibliography


  

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