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extraordinary form

extraordinary form is the alternative letter-case form of Extraordinary Form.

Proper noun capitalized: Extraordinary Form

the Extraordinary Form

  1. The Tridentine liturgy according to the rubrics in force shortly before the Second Vatican Council.
    • As noted above, communities adhering to the extraordinary form follow the calendar in force in 1962.2013, The Liturgy Documents: Supplemental Documents for Parish Worship, Devotions, Formation and Catechesis, volume 4, page 642
    • But what about the Extraordinary Form? How is the Traditional liturgy enriched by the New Mass?2017, Matthew Arnold, Confessions of a Traditional Catholic, page 173
    Synonyms:
    EF

Synonyms of extraordinary form

Forms of extraordinary form

alternative formextraordinary form

Origin of extraordinary form

Calque of Ecclesiastical Latin forma extraordinaria, coined by Benedict XVI in 2007 in Summorum pontificum, which referred to the Tridentine Mass as the extraordinary form of the Roman Rite.

Questions about extraordinary form

What does extraordinary form mean?
Extraordinary form means the Tridentine liturgy according to the rubrics in force shortly before the Second Vatican Council.
What is extraordinary form the alternative letter-case form of?
Extraordinary form is the alternative letter-case form of Extraordinary Form.
What part of speech is extraordinary form?
Extraordinary form is a proper noun.

Words near extraordinary form in the dictionary

  1. extraordinariness
  2. extraordinarinesses
  3. extraordinarity
  4. extraordinary
  5. extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence
  6. extraordinary form
  7. extraordinary general meeting
  8. extraordinary general meetings
  9. extraordinary magisterium
  10. extraordinary optical transmission
  11. extraordinary optical transmissions

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