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mass

/mæs/ noun C2
  1. The Eucharist, now especially in Roman Catholicism.
  2. Celebration of the Eucharist.
  3. The main kind of church service, in some denominations. · She went to mass every Sunday for many years, and when she retired, she took to going on some weekdays, too.
  4. The sacrament of the Eucharist.
  5. A musical setting of parts of the mass.

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Whole days have I passed in these Titanic efforts, considering my labor well repaid if, by night-time I had contrived to carry away a square inch of this hard-bound cement, changed by ages into a substance unyielding as the stones themselves; then to conceal the mass of earth and rubbish I dug up, I was compelled to break through a staircase, and throw the fruits of my labor into the hollow part of it; but the well is now so completely choked up, that I scarcely think it would be possible to add another handful of dust without leading to discovery.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 146 · C1
It was a January the Premier came, to address his loyal supporters and such of his nonsupporters as chose to be present at the monster mass meeting held in Charlottetown.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 132 · C1
Rachel were enjoying themselves hugely at the mass meeting, Anne and Matthew had the cheerful kitchen at Green Gables all to themselves.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 132 · C1
Kill.” A scuffling mass of monkeys, biting, scratching, tearing, and pulling, closed over Bagheera, while five or six laid hold of Mowgli, dragged him up the wall of the summerhouse and pushed him through the hole of the broken dome.
The Jungle Book, p. 53 · B2

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