Etymology

Novus Ordo

Today it means: The version of the Roman Rite of the Mass established in 1969, the Mass of Paul VI, usually celebrated in a vernacular language. Full definition →

Ecclesiastical Latin Novus Ōrdō Missae
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The story

  1. Ecclesiastical Latin · borrowed fromNovus Ōrdō Missae“New Order of the Mass”
  2. English todayNovus Ordo

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

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