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▸ 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.
▸ noun: (obsolete) Precious metal, especially gold or silver.
▸ noun: (physics) A measure of the inertia of a mass of matter, one of four fundamental properties of matter. SI unit of mass: kilogram.
▸ noun: (pharmacology) A medicinal substance made into a cohesive, homogeneous lump, of consistency suitable for making pills; as, blue mass.
▸ noun: (medicine) A palpable or visible abnormal globular structure; a tumor.
▸ noun: (bodybuilding) Excess body mass, especially in the form of muscle hypertrophy.
▸ noun: A large quantity; a sum.
▸ noun: Bulk; magnitude; body; size.
▸ noun: The principal part; the main body.
▸ noun: A large body of individuals, especially persons.
▸ noun: (in the plural) The lower classes of persons.
▸ verb: (transitive) To form or collect into a mass; to form into a collective body; to bring together into masses; to assemble.
▸ verb: (intransitive) To assemble in a mass
▸ adjective: Involving a mass of things; concerning a large quantity or number.
▸ adjective: Involving a mass of people; of, for, or by the masses.
▸ noun: (Christianity) The Eucharist, now especially in Roman Catholicism.
▸ noun: (Christianity) Celebration of the Eucharist.
▸ noun: (Christianity, usually as the Mass) The sacrament of the Eucharist.
▸ noun: A musical setting of parts of the mass.
▸ verb: (intransitive, obsolete) To celebrate mass.
▸ noun: (Roman Catholicism) The principal liturgical service of the Church, encompassing both a scripture service (Liturgy of the Word) and a eucharistic service (Liturgy of the Eucharist), which includes the consecration and oblation (offering) of the host and wine.
▸ noun: A similar ceremony offered by a number of Christian churches.
▸ noun: (music) A musical composition set to portions, or all, of the Mass.
▸ noun: Abbreviation of Massachusetts. [A state of the United States.]
▸ noun: Alternative form of Mas [(now historical, chiefly in representations of US and Caribbean dialect) Master, used as a title of respect.]
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