Matter, material.
And if it were not for theſe Principles the Bodies of the Earth, Planets, Comets, Sun, and all things in them would grow cold and freeze, and become inactive Maſſes ; […].
The Eucharist, now especially in Roman Catholicism.
The principal liturgical service of the Church, encompassing both a scripture service (Liturgy of the Word) and a eucharistic service (Liturgy of the Eucharist), which includes the consecration and oblation (offering) of the host and wine.
To form or collect into a mass; to form into a collective body; to assemble.
They would unavoidably mix up the whole of these declarations, and mass them together, although the Judge might direct the Jury not to do so.
Involving a mass of things; concerning a large quantity or number.
There is evidence of mass extinctions in the distant past.
Alternative form of Mas.
In late Middle English (circa 1400) as masse in the sense of "lump, quantity of matter", from Anglo-Norman masse, in Old French attested from the 11th century, via late Latin massa (“lump, dough”), fr...
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To celebrate mass.
massing priests
Involving a mass of people; of, for, or by the masses.
Mass unemployment resulted from the financial collapse.