black mass

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Black Mass^¹

noun Black Masses

Alternative letter-case form of black mass (“evil ritual”). An enormous number of monks and priests gave themselves up to sorcery, and there was no lack of apostate priests to perform the ceremonies of the Black Mass.

black mass^²

noun black masses

A ritual, allegedly celebrated by witches, characterized by the inversion of the Traditional Latin Mass celebrated by the Roman Catholic Church. Local lore held that the quarry had once been the site of black masses.
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see black, mass; especially, a dark amorphous blob. The paranormal investigators then aimed their cameras in the direction from which the black mass had been seen emerging.

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Español	misa negra
Deutsch	Schwarze Messe
Italiano	messa nera
Tiếng Việt	tà lễ

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@misc{black_mass_2026,
  title = {black mass},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/black%20mass},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}