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MASS CARD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Mass card mean? 

MASS CARD (noun)
  The noun MASS CARD has 1 sense:

1. (Roman Catholic Church) a card sent to a bereaved family that says the sender has arranged for a Mass to be said in memory of the deceasedplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


MASS CARD (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

(Roman Catholic Church) a card sent to a bereaved family that says the sender has arranged for a Mass to be said in memory of the deceased

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

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

sympathy card (a card expressing sympathy)

Domain category:

Church of Rome; Roman Catholic; Roman Catholic Church; Roman Church; Western Church (the Christian Church based in the Vatican and presided over by a pope and an episcopal hierarchy)


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