Old English · noun
mæsse
- Part of speech
- noun, feminine
- Declension
- weak n-stem
- IPA
- /ˈmæs.se/
- Syllables
- ˈmæs · se (2 syllables)
- Modern English
- masschurchesmostlycatholic
Meaning
-
mass (mostly in Roman Catholic churches)
An. DCCLVIII Hēr Bregowine wæs tō arċebisċeop ġehādod tō Sc̃e Michaheles mæssan.
Year 758 In this year Bregowine was ordained archbishop at the mass of St. Michael.
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
Declension
All forms (4)
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin missa.
Descendants
mass
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