missal

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mis·sal /ˈmɪsəl/ noun [countable]  RRCa book containing all the prayers said during each Mass for a whole year in the Roman Catholic Church 〔天主教的〕弥撒书

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missal• He thought of little Rosamund and went to the high altar where the great missal lay.• She stared at her lap where her hands, gloved in tight white net, gripped her missal.• A Bible, an old mass missal, a Bums, and a tattered paperback, a Mills & Boon.• This time the subject was the rubrics of the Roman missal and the form of the Holy Saturday vigil.• Athelstan closed the missal, all thoughts of Pike the ditcher and his family cleared from his head.• A small breeze licked at the pages of the missal.Origin missal (1200-1300) Medieval Latin missale, from Vulgar Latin missa; → MASS15

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missal
mis‧sal /ˈmɪsəl/ noun [countable]a book containing all the prayers said during each Mass for a whole year in the Roman Catholic Church

mis·salBrE /ˈmɪsl/ 🔊NAmE /ˈmɪsl/ 🔊 nouna book that contains the prayers etc. that are used at Mass in the Roman Catholic Church （天主教的）弥撒经书