Novus Ordo

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Novus Ordo

  • /ˈnɒ.vəs ˈɔːdəʊ/ UK
  • /ˈnəʊ.vəs ˈɔːdəʊ/ UK

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Ellipsis of Ecclesiastical Latin Novus Ōrdō Missae (“New Order of the Mass”).

proper noun

  1. uncountable The version of the Roman Rite of the Mass established in 1969, the Mass of Paul VI, usually celebrated in a vernacular language. A Catholic may consider the Novus Ordo banal, but he may not proclaim that the new rite is invalid.

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