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in the Catholic church, being ordained to carry the wine and water and the lights at the Mass.

A bright green variety of amphibole occurring usually in fibrous or columnar masses.

e. Chose in action. (Law) See Chose. -- Quantity of action (Physics), the product of the mass of a body by the space it runs through, and its velocity.

A mass of fat found internally; also, a fatty tumor. -- Ad`i*pom"a*tous, a.

the highest degree; to regard with the utmost esteem and affection; to idolize. The great mass of the population abhorred Popery and adored Montouth. Macaulay.

A stone, or metallic mass, which has fallen to the earth from distant space; a meteorite; a meteoric stone.

A mass of meteoric iron.

Giving affirmation; assertive; affirmative. Massey.

To wind or collect into a ball; hence, to gather into a mass or anything like a mass. Where he builds the agglomerated pile. Cowper.

Collected into a ball, heap, or mass.

The act or process of collecting in a mass; a heaping together. An excessive agglomeration of turrets. Warton.

Formed by a collection of particulars into a whole mass or sum; collective.

Collectively; in mass.

The act of aggregating, or the state of being aggregated; collection into a mass or sum; a collection of particulars; an aggregate.

A triple prayer in the sacrifice of the Mass, beginning with the words "Agnus Dei."

person; -- in the Roman Catholic church, worn by those in holy orders when officiating at mass. It was formerly worn, at least by clerics, in daily life.

To like; to be suited or pleased with. [Obs.] How allow you the model of these clothes Massinger.

Fig.: Something lofty, or massive, or very hard to be surmounted.

vely charged particles (perhaps particles of helium) having enormous velocities but small masses. They are slightly deflected by a strong magnetic or electric field.

r it is white, ash-gray, yellow, or black, and often variegated like marble. The floating masses are sometimes from sixty to two hundred and twenty-five pounds in weight. It is wholly volatilized as a white vapor at 212º Fahrenheit, and is highly valued in perfumery. Dana.