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(religion) Worship of Christ in the Eucharistic host in the Catholic Church, often while exposed in a monstrance.
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(countable) A love feast, especially one held in the early Christian Church in connection with the Eucharist.
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(Christianity) An altar where the communion hosts consecrated on Maundy Thursday during the Mass of the Lord's Supper are placed, or "reserved", for use on Good Friday.
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A ritual, allegedly celebrated by witches, characterized by the inversion of the Traditional Latin Mass celebrated by the Roman Catholic Church.
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(Roman Catholicism) The oldest anaphora used in the Roman rite of Mass.
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A joining together of minds or spirits; a mental connection.
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(Christianity) A person who carries a cross in a Christian religious procession.
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(rare) A procession headed by the cross of Christianity.
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The 130th psalm, one of the seven penitential psalms of the Roman Catholic and Anglican churches.
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(Roman Catholicism, historical) A demonstrative celebration of most of the liturgy of the Mass, omitting the consecration of the elements.
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A festival held to mark the anniversary of the dedication of a church or temple; (especially), of the Temple at Jerusalem.
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(Roman Catholicism) The Tridentine liturgy according to the rubrics in force shortly before the Second Vatican Council.
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Alternative letter-case form of High Mass [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.]
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A small, mass-produced devotional picture
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Alternative spelling of hot gospeller [A person who proclaims his religious faith in a loud or dynamic manner]
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A series of antiphons and responses expressing the remonstrance of Jesus Christ with his people, usually sung on Good Friday.
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(Roman Catholicism) The prayers spoken by the priest at the foot of the altar at the start of a Tridentine Mass.
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(Christianity) A short prayer or petition including the phrase kyrie eleison, meaning “Lord, have mercy”.
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Alternative letter-case form of Low Mass [An ordinary Roman Catholic or Anglo-Catholic Mass celebrated without music and incense.]
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A similar ceremony offered by a number of Christian churches.
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(Christianity) A religious card that states that a Catholic Mass has been said in honour of a dead person, or as a request for special favours such as improved health or success in a worldly endeavour.
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(obsolete) The sacrament of the Lord's supper.
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A Roman Catholic religious service that marks the beginning of Christmas Day.
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a Catholic Mass that is less elaborate than a High Mass, but with equivalent sung liturgical parts.
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(Catholicism) A book containing the prayers and responses needed when celebrating the Roman Catholic Mass throughout the year.
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(Christianity) A liturgical book containing a repertoire of hymns ordered in eight parts according to the eight echoi (tones or modes), used in many rites of Eastern Christianity.
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(Christianity) A prayer said or sung as an anthem while offerings of bread and wine are placed on the altar during the Roman Catholic Mass or the Anglican Communion service.
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(Christianity, obsolete) Mass, (particularly) the introit sung at its beginning.
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The part of the Roman Catholic Mass that is the same every day
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Alternative letter-case form of Ordinary Form [(Roman Catholicism) The version of the Roman Rite introduced after the Second Vatican Council, usually celebrated in the vernacular.]
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(Roman Catholicism) A calendar which prescribes the Mass and office which is to be celebrated each day.
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(Christianity) A religious tablet, usually carrying a representation of Christ or the Virgin Mary, which is kissed by the priest during the Mass ("kiss of peace"); it is then passed to others at the mass who also kiss it.
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A display, musical composition, or play meant to commemorate the suffering of Jesus.
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A play or a musical product which has a pastoral subject.
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(Christianity) A crucifix, a tablet with the image of Christ on the cross upon it, or a reliquary.
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(historical) A case in which (Christian) relics were preserved.
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(when capitalized) The Book of Common Prayer
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(Christianity) The box in which ashes are stored for Ash Wednesday
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(Roman Catholicism) The Canon of the Mass, the oldest anaphora of the Roman rite of the Mass.
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(Christianity) A mass resembling a High Mass, but without some of its special ceremonies.
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A religious ceremony based on station-to-station prayer at each of these icons.
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A hymnbook containing the stichera for the morning and evening services throughout the year.
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A litany in the Greek church.
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(figuratively) A gesture wherein the forefingers are outstretched and touch pad to pad while the other fingers are clasped together.
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A series of Roman Catholic masses said on thirty successive days
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(Catholicism) In the Catholic Church, the offering up of the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass three times on the same day by the same celebrant.
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(Christianity) A liturgical book containing instructions about the order of the Byzantine Rite office and variable hymns of the Divine Liturgy.
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(Eastern Orthodoxy) A church statute prescribing daily prayer, feast days, and fasts.
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(music) a hymn or chant dedicated to a particular saint, or to the Virgin Mary
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(Christianity) A special mass over and above those ordinarily said for the day, for some particular grace or purpose, and provided by some individual.
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