Meaning

noun the property of a body that causes it to have weight in a gravitational field

verb join together into a mass or collect or form a mass

adjective formed of separate units gathered into a mass or whole

originFrom Middle English messe, from Old English mæsse and Old French messe, both from Late Latin missa, from Latin mittō (“to send, dismiss”), compare French messe. In the ancient churches, the public services at which the catechumens were permitted to be present were called missa catechumenorum, ending with the reading of the Gospel. Then they were dismissed with the words: "Ite, missa est", the…

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