High Mass

High Mass

High Mass may mean:
*Solemn Mass, a Tridentine Mass celebrated with deacon and subdeacon (international and general United States [ [http://www.bartleby.com/61/18/M0341800.html The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition, 2000] defines "Missa Cantata" as Mass "in which the liturgical parts are sung as in the "High Mass", but which is ceremonially less elaborate"; [http://www.infoplease.com/ipd/A0539967.html Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 1997] defines it as "a Mass whose music is equivalent to that of the "High Mass" but that is less elaborate in its celebration. Also called sung Mass"; even the [http://www.catholic-forum.com/saints/ncd05360.htm New Catholic Dictionary] defines it as "Usually a "Low Mass" with the choir singing the Proper".] usage)
*Missa Cantata, a sung Tridentine Mass without deacon and subdeacon (usage among some United States Catholics)

The renowned liturgist Adrian Fortescue declared that the Missa Cantata "is really a low Mass, since the essence of high Mass is not the music but the deacon and subdeacon". [Citation
last =Fortescue
first =Adrian
author-link =Adrian Fortescue
contribution =Liturgy of the Mass
year =1910
title =The Catholic Encyclopedia
editor-last =
editor-first =
volume =IX
pages =
place=New York
publisher =Robert Appleton Company
id =
url = http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09790b.htm
accessdate =2007-12-30]

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  • High Mass — High High, a. [Compar. {Higher}; superl. {Highest}.] [OE. high, hegh, hey, heh, AS. he[ a]h, h?h; akin to OS. h?h, OFries. hag, hach, D. hoog, OHG. h?h, G. hoch, Icel. h?r, Sw. h[ o]g, Dan. h[ o]i, Goth. hauhs, and to Icel. haugr mound, G. h[… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • High Mass — Mass Mass (m[.a]s), n. [OE. masse, messe, AS. m[ae]sse. LL. missa, from L. mittere, missum, to send, dismiss: cf. F. messe. In the ancient churches, the public services at which the catechumens were permitted to be present were called missa… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • High Mass — n. former term for a Mass with parts of the text sung by the celebrant rather than recited and often with added ceremony but without a deacon and subdeacon: cf. SOLEMN (HIGH) MASS …   English World dictionary

  • high mass — high′ mass′ n. rel (often caps.) a mass in which the liturgy is sung, rather than spoken, by the celebrant Compare low mass • Etymology: 1100–50 …   From formal English to slang

  • High Mass — noun count or uncount a religious ceremony in the Roman Catholic Church that is more formal than a usual MASS …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • High Mass — n [U and C] a very formal church ceremony in the Roman Catholic Church …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • High Mass — noun a solemn and elaborate Mass with music • Hypernyms: ↑Mass • Part Meronyms: ↑Mass * * * noun Usage: often capitalized H&M Etymology: Middle English : a mass that is sung and not said by a priest with the assistance o …   Useful english dictionary

  • High Mass — UK / US noun [countable/uncountable] Word forms High Mass : singular High Mass plural High Masses a religious ceremony in the Roman Catholic Church that is more formal than an ordinary mass …   English dictionary

  • high mass — N UNCOUNT High mass is a church service held in a Catholic church in which there is more ceremony than in an ordinary mass …   English dictionary

  • High Mass — Rom. Cath. Ch. a Mass celebrated according to the complete rite, in which the liturgy is sung by the celebrant. Cf. Low Mass. [1100 50; ME, late OE] * * * …   Universalium

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