missal
English
Etymology
From Old French messel (“book of the Mass”).
Pronunciation
Audio (Southern England): (file) - (US, Canada) Homophone: missile
Noun
missal (plural missals)
- (religion) A prayer book; a church service (book).
- (Catholicism) A book containing the prayers and responses needed when celebrating the Roman Catholic Mass throughout the year.
Derived terms
Translations
book containing the prayers and responses needed when celebrating the Roman Catholic Mass throughout the year
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Catalan
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Ecclesiastical Latin missālis.
Pronunciation
Noun
missal m (plural missals)
Related terms
Further reading
- “missal”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /miˈsaw/ [miˈsaʊ̯]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /miˈsal/ [miˈsaɫ]
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /miˈsa.li/
- Rhymes: -al, -aw
- Hyphenation: mis‧sal
Noun
missal m (plural missais)
- (Christianity) missal (book containing prayers used during mass)