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Meaning:

Noun:

  • A large quantity; a sum.
  • A musical setting of parts of the mass.
  • A cohering together so as to make one body, or an aggregation of particles or things which collectively make one body or quantity, usually of considerable size; as, a mass of ore, metal, sand, or water.
  • A similar ceremony offered by a number of Christian sects.
  • Bulk; magnitude; body; size.
  • bodybuilding Excess body weight, especially in the form of muscle hypertrophy.
  • medicine A palpable or visible abnormal globular structure; a tumor.
  • pharmacy A medicinal substance made into a cohesive, homogeneous lump, of consistency suitable for making pills; as, blue mass.
  • physics The quantity of matter which a body contains, irrespective of its bulk or volume. It is one of four fundamental properties of matter. It is measured in kilograms in the SI system of measurement.
  • religion Celebration of the Eucharist.
  • religion|usually as ''the Eucharist.
  • Roman Catholic Church The Church, including a scripture service and a eucharistic service, which includes the consecration and oblation (offering) of the host and wine. One of the seven sacraments.
  • music A musical composition set to portions of the Mass.
  • religion The Eucharist, now especially in Roman Catholicism.
  • The principal part; the main body.

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Verb:

  • intransitive|obsolete To celebrate mass.
  • transitive To form or collect into a mass; to form into a collective body; to bring together into masses; to assemble.

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