Dry mass

noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The mass of a rocket including its contents but without propellant.
  2. 2
    A demonstrative celebration of most of the liturgy of the Mass, omitting the consecration of the elements. historical

    "Alongside the mass as a means of providing access to the consecrated elements, there is the oddity of the holding of masses without any consecration. These ‘dry masses’ are one of the more shadowy elements of medieval devotion, ill-documented and little considered."

Etymology

From dry + mass. In the liturgical sense, a calque of Ecclesiastical Latin missa sicca.

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