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views 1,571,517 updated May 11 2018missal XIV (messel). — (partly through OF. messel, mod. missel) medL. missāle, use of n. sg. of missālis pert. to the Mass, f. missa MASS1; see -AL1.
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology T. F. HOAD
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views 3,676,977 updated May 17 2018Missal. The book (in full Missale Romanum) containing introductory documents and everything to be said at the celebration of the mass (Lat., missa), together with the major ceremonial directions.
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions JOHN BOWKER
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views 1,705,740 updated May 23 2018mis·sal / ˈmisəl/ •
n. a book containing the texts used in the Catholic Mass throughout the year.
The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
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views 3,009,314 updated May 29 2018missal a book containing the texts used in the Catholic Mass throughout the year. Recorded from Middle English, the word comes from medieval Latin missale, neuter of ecclesiastical Latin missalis ‘relating to the Mass’, from missa ‘Mass’.
The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable ELIZABETH KNOWLES
