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sung Mass

 
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–noun
a Mass in which parts of the proper and the ordinary are sung rather than recited; missa cantata.
Origin:
1520–30

mis⋅sa can⋅ta⋅ta

  [mis-uh kuhn-tah-tuh]
–noun
a Mass whose music is equivalent to that of the High Mass but that is less elaborate in its celebration.
Also called sung Mass.

Origin:
1900–05; < LL: lit., sung mass; see mass, cantata
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