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missa

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From Ecclesiastical Latin missa (“mass”).

noun

a mass, in the sense of a composition setting several sung parts of the liturgical service (most often chosen from the ordinary parts Kyrie, Gloria, Credo, Agnus Dei and/or Sanctus) to music, notably when the text in Latin is used (as long universally prescribed by Rome)

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@misc{missa_2026,
  title = {missa},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/missa},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}