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- Ecclesiastical Latin · derived frommissa“mass”
- English todaymissa
From Ecclesiastical Latin missa (“mass”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
missa
Today it means: a mass, in the sense of a composition setting several sung parts of the liturgical service (most often chosen from the ordinary parts Kyrie, Gloria, Credo, Agnus Dei and/or Sanctus) to music, notably when the text in Latin is used (as long universally prescribed by Rome) Full definition →
Ecclesiastical Latin missa