Etymology

dry mass

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Ecclesiastical Latin missa sicca
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  1. Ecclesiastical Latin · calque ofmissa sicca
  2. English todaydry mass

From dry + mass. In the liturgical sense, a calque of Ecclesiastical Latin missa sicca.

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