English Explanatory Dictionary

dry mass

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The mass of a rocket including its contents but without propellant.
  2. A demonstrative celebration of most of the liturgy of the Mass, omitting the consecration of the elements.

Word forms

dry mass dry masses

Etymology

From dry + mass. In the liturgical sense, a calque of Ecclesiastical Latin missa sicca.

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