high mass
noun
often capitalized H&M
: a mass marked by the singing of prescribed parts by the celebrant and the choir or congregation
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April Mayes: For nine days, flags in the city were flown at half mast and a high mass was held for her at the Catholic church in Puerto Plata itself.
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Nora Mathison, Scientific American, 28 Sep. 2023
As the procession disbanded the throngs crowded into the little church to attend high mass.
—Merrie Monteagudo, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 June 2022
San Diego’s colony of Portuguese yesterday, White Sunday, celebrated its Sociedade Espirito Santo fiesta with a colorful procession high mass at the St. Agnes church and a feast.
—Merrie Monteagudo, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 June 2022
Nora Mathison, Scientific American, 28 Sep. 2023
As the procession disbanded the throngs crowded into the little church to attend high mass.
—Merrie Monteagudo, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 June 2022
San Diego’s colony of Portuguese yesterday, White Sunday, celebrated its Sociedade Espirito Santo fiesta with a colorful procession high mass at the St. Agnes church and a feast.
—Merrie Monteagudo, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 June 2022
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