·vi To celebrate Mass.
II. Mass ·noun A large quantity; a sum.
III. Mass ·noun Bulk; magnitude; body; size.
IV. Mass ·noun The principal part; the main body.
V. Mass ·noun The quantity of matter which a body contains, irrespective of its bulk or volume.
VI. Mass ·noun The sacrifice in the sacrament of the Eucharist, or the consecration and oblation of the host.
VII. Mass ·noun A medicinal substance made into a cohesive, homogeneous lump, of consistency suitable for making pills; as, blue mass.
VIII. Mass ·vt To form or collect into a mass; to form into a collective body; to bring together into masses; to Assemble.
IX. Mass ·noun The portions of the Mass 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.
X. Mass ·noun 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.