Missal

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Missal \Mis"sal\, n. [LL. missale, liber missalis, from missa
     mass: cf. F. missel. See 1st {Mass}.]
     The book containing the service of the Mass for the entire
     year; a Mass book.
     [1913 Webster]



From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Missal \Mis"sal\, a.
     Of or pertaining to the Mass, or to a missal or Mass book.
     --Bp. Hall.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  missal
       n : (Roman Catholic Church) a book containing all the prayers
           and responses needed to celebrate Mass throughout the
           year

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  23 Moby Thesaurus words for "missal":
     Sefer Torah, Torah, Torah scroll, Virginal, breviary, canon,
     church book, euchologion, euchology, farse, formulary, lectionary,
     litany, machzor, manual, ordinal, pontifical, prayer book, ritual,
     rituale, rubric, service book, siddur