From the closing words of Latin liturgy: 'Ite, missa est' (Go, the sending is made) — the rite named for its dismissal.
The Christian Eucharistic liturgy, especially in the Roman Catholic Church; a celebration of this liturgy.
From Old French 'masse' (lump, heap, bulk), from Latin 'massa' (kneaded dough, lump, mass of material), from Greek 'maza' (barley bread, lump of dough), from 'massein' (to knead), from PIE *mag- (to knead, fashion from a pliable substance). The PIE root *mag- or *meh₂g- is the ancestor of the kneading-and-shaping cluster: Greek 'magis' (kneaded mass), Latin 'macerare' (to soften by soaking), and possibly Old English 'mæsc' (mash, a mash of grain). The Semitic 'matza' (unleavened bread) may be a parallel
The word 'Christmas' literally means 'Christ's Mass' — the sending-forth of Christ. The '-mas' ending in 'Christmas,' 'Michaelmas,' 'Candlemas,' and 'Martinmas' all preserve this word. So every time you say 'Christmas,' you are invoking Latin 'mittere' (to send) without knowing it. The entire Christian liturgical