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1
capitalized

: the liturgy of the Eucharist (see eucharist sense 1 ) especially in accordance with the traditional Latin rite (see rite sense 1 )

2
often capitalized

: a celebration of the Eucharist (see eucharist sense 1 )

Sunday masses held at three different hours

3

: a musical setting for the ordinary of the Mass

Bach's Mass in B Minor

1 a

: a quantity or aggregate of matter usually of considerable size

b (1)

: expanse , bulk

(2)

: massive quality or effect

(3)

: the main part or body

the great mass of the continent is buried under an ice cap — Walter Sullivan

(4)

: aggregate , whole

men in the mass

c

: the property of a body that is a measure of its inertia and that is commonly taken as a measure of the amount of material it contains and causes it to have weight in a gravitational field

2

: a large quantity, amount, or number

a mass of material

3 a

: a large body of persons in a group

a mass of spectators

b

: the great body of the people as contrasted with the elite

— often used in plural the underprivileged and disadvantaged masses — C. A. Buss

: to assemble in a mass

three thousand students had massed in the plaza — A. E. Neville

1 a

: of or relating to the mass of the people

mass market

also

: being one of or at one with the mass : average

mass man

b

: participated in by or affecting a large number of individuals

mass destruction

c

: having a large-scale character

mass plantings of tulips

2

: viewed as a whole : total

the mass effect of a design

Verb

A large crowd of demonstrators massed outside the courthouse.

Clouds were massing on the horizon.

The generals massed their troops.

Adjective

Television is a mass medium.

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1

: a large quantity or number

A great mass of people pushed through the gate.

2

: an amount of something that holds or clings together

a mass of clouds

3

: large size : bulk

an elephant's huge mass

4

: the principal part : main body

The great mass of voters supported change.

5
masses plural

: the body of ordinary or common people

She was a hero to the masses .

: to collect into a large body

… the population massed itself and moved toward the river … — Mark Twain , The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

: a religious service in which communion is celebrated

1

: the property of a body that is a measure of its inertia, that is commonly taken as a measure of the amount of material it contains, that causes it to have weight in a gravitational field, and that along with length and time constitutes one of the fundamental quantities on which all physical measurements are based

2

: a homogeneous pasty mixture compounded for making pills, lozenges, and plasters

blue mass

: an aggregation of usually similar things (as assets in a succession) considered as a whole

: participated in by or affecting a large number of individuals

mass insurance underwriting mass tort litigation

stationery
stationary

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bulk , mass , volume mean the aggregate that forms a body or unit. bulk implies an aggregate that is impressively large, heavy, or numerous.

the darkened bulk of the skyscrapers

mass suggests an aggregate made by piling together things of the same kind.

a mass of boulders

volume applies to an aggregate without shape or outline and capable of flowing or fluctuating.

a tremendous volume of water

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a
14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense
1733, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Middle English, from Old English mæsse , modification of Vulgar Latin *messa , literally, dismissal at the end of a religious service, from Late Latin missa , from Latin, feminine of missus , past participle of mittere to send

Middle English masse , from Anglo-French, from Latin massa , from Greek maza ; akin to Greek massein to knead — more at mingle
“Mass.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary , Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mass. Accessed 6 Sep. 2022.
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