noun Mass which is said by the priest throughout, without music. noun Mass with incense, music, the assistance of a deacon, subdeacon, etc. noun (Mus.) The portions of the Mass usually set to music, considered as a musical composition - namely, the Kyrie, the Gloria, the Credo, the Sanctus, and the Agnus Dei, besides sometimes an Offertory and the Benedictus. Ch.) The sacrifice in the sacrament of the Eucharist, or the consecration and oblation of the host. noun Any mass where only the priest communicates, especially such a mass celebrated in a private oratory.įrom the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English. noun A church festival or feast-day: now only in composition: as, Candlemas, Childermas, Christmas, Lammas, Martinmas, Marymas, Michaelmas, Roodmas (compare kermess). noun A musical setting of certain parts of the Roman Catholic liturgy, also of corresponding parts of the Anglican liturgy. noun The sacrament of the eucharist or holy communion. noun The office for the celebration of the eucharist the liturgy. noun The celebration of the Lord's Supper or eucharist. noun A large bunch of strung beads (12 small bunches fastened together). noun In entomology, the terminal joints collectively of an antenna when they are enlarged and closely appressed to each other, forming a clava or club. noun The quantity of any portion of matter as expressed in pounds or grams, and measured on an ordinary balance with the proper reduction for the buoyancy of the atmosphere otherwise, the relative inertia, or power in reaction, of a body. noun Bulk in general magnitude massiveness. noun The bulk or greater part of anything the chief portion the main body. noun An assemblage or collection of incoherent particles or things an agglomeration a congeries hence, amount or number in general: as, a mass of sand a mass of foliage, of troops, etc. noun A body of coherent matter a lump, particularly a large or unformed lump: as, a mass of iron or lead a mass of flesh a mass of rock. 
To collect in masses assemble in groups or in force. To strengthen, as a building for the purpose of fortification. To form into a mass collect into masses assemble in one body or in close conjunction: as, to mass troops at a certain place to mass the points of an argument. noun In electrochemistry, the concentration of that fraction of the electrolyte which, at the given dilution, is dissociated into ions, and is therefore capable of carrying the electric current. noun In the fine arts, any large and simple expanse of form, light, shade, or color, in which the details of a composition arrange themselves. noun In pharmacy, a preparation of thick, pasty consistency with which is incorporated some active medicinal substance: the mass is made up into pills of definite size and weight for administration. adjective Done or carried out on a large scale. adjective Of, relating to, characteristic of, directed at, or attended by a large number of people. transitive & intransitive verb To gather or be gathered into a mass. noun The body of common people or people of low socioeconomic status. noun Pharmacology A thick, pasty mixture containing drugs from which pills are formed. noun An area of unified light, shade, or color in a painting. The mass of an object is not dependent on gravity and therefore is different from but proportional to its weight. noun Physics A property of matter equal to the measure of the amount of matter contained in or constituting a physical body that partly determines the body's resistance to changes in the speed or direction of its motion. noun The physical volume or bulk of a solid body. noun A lump or aggregate of coherent material. noun A large but nonspecific amount or number. 
noun A grouping of individual parts or elements that compose a unified body of unspecified size or quantity.noun A unified body of matter with no specific shape.From The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
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