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1Mass of Paul VI — This article is about the post Vatican II changes to the Mass; for an explanation of the current structure of the Mass, see Mass (liturgy). The Mass of Pope Paul VI is the liturgy of the Catholic Mass of the Roman Rite promulgated by Paul VI in… …
2Mass line — Part of the Politics series on Maoism …
3mass — [[t]mæ̱s[/t]] ♦♦ masses, massing, massed 1) N SING: N of n A mass of things is a large number of them grouped together. On his desk is a mass of books and papers. 2) N SING: N of n A mass of something is a large amount of it …
4mass — mass1 W2 [mæs] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(large amount)¦ 2¦(crowd)¦ 3 the masses 4 the mass of people/the population/workers etc 5¦(church ceremony)¦ 6¦(science)¦ ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [Sense: 1 2,5 6; Date: 1300 1400; : French; Origin: masse, from Latin …
5mass — mass1 [ mæs ] noun *** ▸ 1 large quantity/number ▸ 2 something without clear shape ▸ 3 large number of people ▸ 4 religious ceremony ▸ 5 scientific use 1. ) count a large quantity or number: mass of: We need to turn this mass of evidence into a… …
6mass — I UK [mæs] / US noun Word forms mass : singular mass plural masses *** 1) a) [countable] a large quantity or number mass of: We need to turn this mass of evidence into a coherent argument. There s a mass of competing anti virus programs you can… …
7mass — 1 noun 1 LARGE AMOUNT a) (C) a large amount of a substance, liquid, or gas, that does not have a clear shape: The food had all congealed into a sticky mass. (+ of): A mass of almost pure white cloud lay below us. b) a mass of a large amount or… …
8mass — 1. noun /mæs,mæs/ a) The Eucharist, now especially in Roman Catholicism. And if it were not for theſe Principles the Bodies of the Earth, Planets, Comets, Sun, and all things in them would grow cold and freeze, and become inactive Maſſes ; . b)… …
9People — pp semi protected|small=yesAn English NounThe English noun people has two distinct fields of application: * as a countable noun, a group of humans, either with unspecified traits, or specific characteristics (e.g. the people of Spain or the… …
10people — n. & v. n. 1 (usu. as pl.) a persons composing a community, tribe, race, nation, etc. (the English people; a warlike people; the peoples of the Commonwealth). b a group of persons of a usu. specified kind (the chosen people; these people here;… …
