masses
/ˈmæs.ɪz/ · noun
Meaning
- (physical) Matter, material.
- A large quantity; a sum.
- To form or collect into a mass; to form into a collective body; to bring together into masses; to assemble.
- To have a certain mass.
- The Eucharist, now especially in Roman Catholicism.
- Celebration of the Eucharist.
- (usually as the Mass) The sacrament of the Eucharist.
- A musical setting of parts of the mass.
- To celebrate mass.
- (generically) People, especially a large number of people
- The total population.
- The lower classes or all but the elite.
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