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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A Mass of simple ceremony that was recited rather than sung by the priest. No longer in official use.

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  • noun a Mass recited without music

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Examples

  • 3 The Pope could instead celebrate a Papal Low Mass, which is a much more simplified ritual, though more elaborate than the Pontifical equivalent.

    Two Years after Summorum Pontificum: The Situation in France 2009

  • The other two groups were for priests already proficient in Low Mass and who wished to study the more complicated forms of Missa Cantata or Solemn Mass.

    Archive 2009-05-01 2009

  • As you can see, the Masses are celebrated on a quarterly basis there was one additional Low Mass celebrated on June 28.

    You report: TLM's in the Cathedral of Tallahassee 2009

  • I was lecturing at the seminary this morning but came back in the afternoon to celebrate a Low Mass in the parish, followed by the veneration of our relic of the Holy Cross.

    Archive 2009-09-01 2009

  • As you can see, the Masses are celebrated on a quarterly basis there was one additional Low Mass celebrated on June 28.

    Archive 2009-08-01 2009

  • Some priests come back to learn Sung Mass, having learnt Low Mass, for example.

    The London Colney Conference: A Report 2009

  • Bishop Nicolas Brouwet, Auxiliary of Nanterre and the youngest bishop in France, celebrated Low Mass at noon in the Basilica of Ars where he recalled the role of the priest before approximately 500 people.

    Archive 2009-09-01 2009

  • The Low Mass on Easter Sunday was for the few traditional faithful who had not managed to go to the Easter Vigil.

    Archive 2009-04-01 2009

  • Unlike Cardinal Rosales of Manila, the Cardinal-Archbishop of Cebu, Ricardo Vidal, has wholeheartedly embraced Summorum Pontificum, and has himself offered Low Mass according to the 1962 Missal on occasion.

    Archive 2009-06-01 2009

  • Bishop Nicolas Brouwet, Auxiliary of Nanterre and the youngest bishop in France, celebrated Low Mass at noon in the Basilica of Ars where he recalled the role of the priest before approximately 500 people.

    Bishop Brouwet on the pilgrimage of the Society of Saint Peter 2009

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