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mass
  1. (Christianity) The Eucharist, now especially in Roman Catholicism.
  2. (Christianity) Celebration of the Eucharist.
  3. (Mass) The sacrament of the Eucharist.
  4. A musical setting of parts of the mass.
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  6. Examples:
    1. “He opened the suitcase and tipped its contents out on the floor of his bedroom, staring for a long time at a mass of books, documents, and fat envelopes.”
      “By the long-continued application of such efforts on the part of a number of men of vigorous minds and bodies, a mass of knowledge has been collected.”
      “His thoughts were interrupted by a mass of soldiers and at least two carriages driving past.”
Mass
  1. (Roman Catholic Church) The principal liturgical service of the Church, including a scripture service and a eucharistic service, which includes the consecration and oblation (offering) of the host and wine. One of the seven sacraments.
  2. A similar ceremony offered by a number of Christian sects.
  3. (music) A musical composition set to portions of the Mass.
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  5. Examples:
    1. Mass trade on the Roman roads connected military posts, where Roman markets were centered.”
      “The Mass was still celebrated in some places alongside the new Communion service but was more difficult than before.”
      “Without the Mass and pastoral care, yeomen, artisans and husbandmen fell into conformism.”
mass
  1. (physical) Matter, material.
    1. A quantity of matter cohering together so as to make one body, or an aggregation of particles or things which collectively make one body or quantity, usually of considerable size
    2. (obsolete) Precious metal, especially gold or silver.
    3. (physics) The quantity of matter which a body contains, irrespective of its bulk or volume. It is one of four fundamental properties of matter. It is measured in kilograms in the SI system of measurement.
    4. (pharmacy) A medicinal substance made into a cohesive, homogeneous lump, of consistency suitable for making pills; as, blue mass.
    5. (medicine) A palpable or visible abnormal globular structure; a tumor.
    6. (bodybuilding) Excess body weight, especially in the form of muscle hypertrophy.
  2. A large quantity; a sum.
  3. (quantity) Large in number.
    1. Bulk; magnitude; body; size.
    2. The principal part; the main body.
    3. A large body of individuals, especially persons.
    4. (plural) The lower classes of persons.
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  5. Examples:
    1. “He opened the suitcase and tipped its contents out on the floor of his bedroom, staring for a long time at a mass of books, documents, and fat envelopes.”
      “By the long-continued application of such efforts on the part of a number of men of vigorous minds and bodies, a mass of knowledge has been collected.”
      “His thoughts were interrupted by a mass of soldiers and at least two carriages driving past.”
massif
  1. A principal mountain mass.
  2. A block of the earth's crust bounded by faults or flexures and displaced as a unit without internal change; normally consists of gneisses and schists
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  4. Examples:
    1. “This cave is set in a limestone massif on the left bank of the river Verdouble.”
      “Turning north Michael passes through the dramatic mountains of the Hoggar massif before he pauses in the oil and gas fields of central Algeria.”
      “However, it extends across the mountain massif to include part of the western flowing Dyfi drainage.”
massive
  1. (mineralogy) A homogeneous mass of rock, not layered and without an obvious crystal structure.
  2. (slang) A group of people from a locality, or sharing a collective aim, interest, etc.
massification
  1. The process of bringing something to a mass audience.
  2. (grammar) Conversion of a count noun to a mass noun.
  3. Examples:
    1. “All this contributes in exacerbating the phenomenon of massification which it will be difficult to regulate in future.”
      “Appropriate policies, regulation, and supervision will help facilitate massification.”
      “Transport-related measures help achieve economies of scale thanks to a massification of the handling of goods.”
massness
  1. The quality of being a part of a mass.
  2. (linguistics) The quality of being a mass noun.
masslessness
  1. Absence of mass; the state or condition of being massless.
massiveness
  1. The property of being massive.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “The massiveness of the boulder made it impossible for the hikers to move it.”
      “The massiveness of the mountain range took my breath away as I stood in awe of its towering peaks.”
      “But the very massiveness of these tumors, sometimes rivaling the size of their host, makes their seeming purposelessness all the more obvious.”
massing
massivity
  1. Massiveness.
  2. Examples:
    1. “It's without a doubt the frequency and the massivity of youth mobilisations.”
      “Then the anguish increased to unendurable massivity and nightmare dimensions, making her scream and vomit.”
      “The mirrors employ the language of the rococo in the form of rocaille, floral and shell-like forms, and c-scrolls, yet retain a baroque sense of massivity and balance.”
masses
  1. plural of mass
  2. (plural only, generically) People, especially a large number of people
  3. (plural only) The total population.
  4. (plural only) The lower classes or all but the elite.
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  6. Examples:
    1. “The higher pine forests are matted beneath with masses of low huckleberry shrubs.”
      “The social contract between the state and the public was a means of maintaining state and regime stability by appearing to appease the masses with attractive welfare policies.”
massivenesses
massings
massives
  1. plural of massive
  2. Examples:
    1. “That celestial object, a blue supergiant called P Cygni, lies some 6,000 light-years from Earth in the constellation Cygnus and is about 30 times as massives as the sun.”
massifs
  1. plural of massif
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  3. Examples:
    1. “The regions of the inside corner strips between the massifs have a very different bathymetric character from the massifs.”
      “Garibaldi Hill and St. George's Hill form two smaller, isolated massifs in the west.”
      “Any view of the ocean itself is cut off by two massifs of 300-million-year-old limestone jutting nearly a thousand feet out of the sea.”
Masses
  1. plural of Mass
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Churches that have not been abandoned entirely are used for occult rites, animal sacrifices, and Black Masses.”
      “The sacristan is grateful for the generous response by all Mass goers to the recent collection at the Masses over last weekend.”
      Masses of the parasite grow inside the krill, eat its organs, divide, and then burst out of their host's dead body in search of new victims.”
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