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Definition of mass :
1. A large quantity; a sum.
2. A medicinal substance made into a cohesive, homogeneous lump, of consistency suitable for making pills; as, blue mass.
3. 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.
4. Bulk; magnitude; body; size.
5. The portions of the 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.
6. The principal part; the main body.
7. The quantity of matter which a body contains, irrespective of its bulk or volume.
8. The sacrifice in the sacrament of the Eucharist, or the consecration and oblation of the host.
9. To celebrate Mass.
10. To form or collect into a mass; to form into a collective body; to bring together into masses; to assemble.
Synonyms:
barrel, commonality, collectively, jam, gob, great deal, spile, army, preponderancy, score, chew, atomic pile, toilet, potty, freshet, smoke, cumulus, aggregative, mount, locoweed, push-down storage, hand, fix, upsurge, luck, bulk, PLeB, intensity, destiny, abundance, assemblage, smokestack, softwood, galvanic pile, mint candy, tummy, pile, power, stack, heap, preponderance, amplitude, large number, potful, bay window, as a whole, chunk, plug, pickle, third estate, deal, plentifulness, commode, collect, the great unwashed, bargain, big bucks, flock, crapper, peck, potentiometer, caboodle, cloud, mickle, mess hall, set, flowerpot, shock, weed, gathered, plenteousness, swarm, push-down stack, bank, mussiness, push-down list, section, push-down store, rush, profusion, business deal, mountain, quantity, spate, surge, slew, ken, quid, atomic reactor, kitty, over, cud, plurality, muss, portion, body, voltaic pile, green goddess, visual modality, chaw, clot, pot, aggregate, skunk, trade, majority, gathering, matter, hatful, group, tidy sum, book, big, throne, can, piece, crush, draw, coagulation, nap, fortune, volume, drift, sens, down, concretion, bunch, potbelly, vision, lot, bus, view, plenty, much, whole slew, good deal, commonalty, dope, concourse, tumble, hunk, world, plentitude, cumulation, kettle of fish, press, chain reactor, mound, messiness, object, accumulation, aggregation, aggregated, wad, sight, citizenry, muddle, ruck, stilt, pack, hill, loudness, megabucks, fold, congeries, jalopy, band, circumstances, passel, big money, battalion, sess, plebeian, fate, hoi polloi, agglomeration, troop, collection, amassment, circle, clutch, tumor, grass, piling, bundle, order, gage, wealth, whole lot, agglomerate, jackpot, plenitude, lump, mint, core, quite a little, raft, hole, block, survey, stool, corporation, muckle, batch, drove, visual sense, mess, large-scale
heaviness (part of speech: noun)
heaviness, gravity, weight, ponderousness
people (part of speech: noun)
great unwashed, mob, peasantry, commoner, legion, throng, populace, countryman, bourgeoisie, multitude, rabble, countrywoman, horde, bourgeois, crowd, proletariat, people, public, masses, host
entire (part of speech: adjective)
entire, full-scale, gross, all-inclusive, full-fledged, whole, sum, complete, all-embracing, global, total, comprehensive, exhaustive, all, conclusive, sweeping, holistic, tally, full-grown, full
rite (part of speech: noun)
ceremony, evensong, Eucharist, nones, christening, canon, liturgy, wedlock, novena, matrimony, remembrance, transubstantiation, convocation, marriage, communion, holiday, sacrifice, missal, sacrament, confirmation, rite, baptism, observance, ritual, Siddur, vesper, solemnization, celebration, revival, service, initiation, last rites
universal (part of speech: adjective)
generic, collective, prevalent, master, omnipresent, ubiquitous, common, general, universal
size (part of speech: noun)
extent, massiveness, size, magnitude, expanse
Usage examples:
- Mass, we take all at once. - "Maid Marian", Thomas Love Peacock.
- They are waiting for those that are hearing mass. - "The Children's Book of Christmas Stories", Various.
- It wouldn't be to confess himself or to order a mass! - "The Social Cancer A Complete English Version of Noli Me Tangere", José Rizal.