High Mass

Meanings

1. A Roman Catholic or Anglo-Catholic Mass celebrated in full ceremonial form, in which the celebrant is generally assisted by a deacon and, in the Tridentine form, a subdeacon, and accompanied by acolytes, a thurifer, and a choir.
2. Any sung Mass, including a Missa Cantata.

1. Alternative letter-case form of High Mass.
2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see high, mass.