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Missa Cantata

Missa Cantata proper noun: a Catholic Mass that is less elaborate than a High Mass, but with equivalent sung liturgical parts.

Proper noun

Missa Cantata

  1. A Catholic Mass that is less elaborate than a High Mass, but with equivalent sung liturgical parts.

Origin of Missa Cantata

Originated 1900–05 from New Latin missa cantāta, from Late Latin missa (Mass) and Latin cantāta (to have sung); literally, sung mass.

Questions about Missa Cantata

What does Missa Cantata mean?
Missa Cantata means a Catholic Mass that is less elaborate than a High Mass, but with equivalent sung liturgical parts.
What part of speech is Missa Cantata?
Missa Cantata is a proper noun.

Words near Missa Cantata in the dictionary

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  2. Miss'ippi
  3. miss-meal colic
  4. MISS.
  5. missa
  6. Missa Cantata
  7. missable
  8. missaid
  9. missal
  10. missalette
  11. missalettes

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