HIGH MASS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does High Mass mean? 

• HIGH MASS (noun)
  The noun HIGH MASS has 1 sense:

1. a solemn and elaborate Mass with music

  Familiarity information: HIGH MASS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HIGH MASS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A solemn and elaborate Mass with music

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("High Mass" is a kind of...):

Mass ((Roman Catholic Church and Protestant Churches) the celebration of the Eucharist)

Meronyms (parts of "High Mass"):

Mass (a musical setting for a Mass)

 Context examples 

With a half-repentant, half-amused expression, Laurie gathered up all Jo's letters, smoothed, folded, and put them neatly into a small drawer of the desk, stood a minute turning the ring thoughtfully on his finger, then slowly drew it off, laid it with the letters, locked the drawer, and went out to hear High Mass at Saint Stefan's, feeling as if there had been a funeral, and though not overwhelmed with affliction, this seemed a more proper way to spend the rest of the day than in writing letters to charming young ladies.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)