Definition of Mass

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Definition of Mass

Mass

The sacrifice in the sacrament of the Eucharist, or the consecration and oblation of the host.

The portions of the Mass usually set to music, considered as a musical composition; -- namely, the Kyrie, the Gloria, the Credo, the Sanctus, and the Agnus Dei, besides sometimes an Offertory and the Benedictus.

To celebrate Mass.

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; as, a mass of ore, metal, sand, or water.

A medicinal substance made into a cohesive, homogeneous lump, of consistency suitable for making pills; as, blue mass.

A large quantity; a sum.

Bulk; magnitude; body; size.

The principal part; the main body.

The quantity of matter which a body contains, irrespective of its bulk or volume.

To form or collect into a mass; to form into a collective body; to bring together into masses; to assemble.

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Mass Quotations

Educate and inform the whole mass of the people... They are the only sure reliance for the preservation of our liberty.
Thomas Jefferson

Derivatives are financial weapons of mass destruction.
Warren Buffett

We prefer world law in the age of self-determination to world war in the age of mass extermination.
John F. Kennedy

Until the great mass of the people shall be filled with the sense of responsibility for each other's welfare, social justice can never be attained.
Helen Keller

Animation can explain whatever the mind of man can conceive. This facility makes it the most versatile and explicit means of communication yet devised for quick mass appreciation.
Walt Disney

Of all of our inventions for mass communication, pictures still speak the most universally understood language.
Walt Disney

I've decided something: Commercial things really do stink. As soon as it becomes commercial for a mass market it really stinks.
Andy Warhol

If the other fellow sells cheaper than you, it is called dumping. 'Course, if you sell cheaper than him, that's mass production.
Will Rogers

We have known for many years that Saddam Hussein is seeking and developing weapons of mass destruction.
Edward Kennedy

The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation.
Henry David Thoreau

Mass Translations

mass in Afrikaans is menigte, skare, massa, stapel
mass in Dutch is drom, massa, hoop, menigte, boel
mass in Finnish is kasa, massa
mass in French is masse, foule, amas
mass in Italian is massa
mass in Latin is pondus, acervus
mass in Portuguese is massa
mass in Spanish is misa, masa

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