Definition of Low Mass

1. Noun. A Mass recited without music.

Generic synonyms: Mass

Lexicographical Neighbors of Low Mass

Lovech
Lovecraft
Lovecraftian
Lovelace
Lovell
Loven reflex
Lovibond's angle
Lovibond's profile sign
Lovina
Lovoa
Lovoa klaineana
Low Archipelago
Low Countries
Low German
Low Latin
Low Saxon
Low Sunday
Lowe's syndrome
Lowe-Terrey-MacLachlan syndrome
Lowell
Lowell Jackson Thomas
Lowell Thomas
Lowellian
Lowenberg's canal
Lowenberg's forceps
Lowenberg's scala
Lowenstein-Jensen culture medium
Lowenstein-Jensen medium
Lower's ring

Literary usage of Low Mass

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"B. Low Mass on the Day of Obsequies and in the Same Church. ... Thanks to this opportune decree, the low Mass, as well as the solemn one, may be celebrated ..."

2. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1908)
"A priest is not allowed to celebrate even a low mass without at least one person to make the responses. In the Anglican prayer-book the clergymen who read ..."

3. A Glossary of Liturgical and Ecclesiastical Terms by Frederick George Lee (1877)
"Low Mass is said by a priest with a single acolyte or attendant. There is neither music nor incense used. The great majority of masses are " Low. ..."

4. The English Catalogue of Books by Sampson Low, Publishers' Circular, Sampson Low, Son and Marston (1891)
"Boston, Mass. ...1881 Ceremonial Guide to Low Mass : Directions for ... Pickering 1883 • of the Altar: Guide to Low Mass, accord. ..."

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