high mass

noun — 4 senses

high mass

nounalso spelled High Mass

Alternative letter-case form of High Mass.

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see high, mass.

High Mass

noun

A Roman Catholic or Anglo-Catholic Mass celebrated in full ceremonial form, in which the celebrant is generally assisted by a deacon and, in the Tridentine form, a subdeacon, and accompanied by acolytes, a thurifer, and a choir.

Broadly Any sung Mass, including a Missa Cantata.

Coordinate terms: Low Mass

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