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missal [ˈmɪsəl] n
(Christianity / Roman Catholic Church) RC Church a book containing the prayers, rites, etc., of the Masses for a complete year [from Church Latin missale (n), from missālis concerning the Mass] ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
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| It was the first of May, and the world shone like a great illuminated letter with which that father of artists, the sun, was making splendid his missal of the seasons. A moment later, the grave and learned Robert Mistricolle, the king's protonotary, passed, with an enormous missal under one arm and his wife on the other (Damoiselle Guillemette la Mairesse), having thus by his side his two regulators,--spiritual and temporal. We can imagine the pious, humble monk listening while another read and translated to him out of some Latin missal. |
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