Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Missa venatoria Said for hunters in a hurry, was a kind of dry Mass (Missa sicca), a common form of devotion used for funerals or marriages in the afternoon, when a real Mass could not be said. It consisted of the Mass with the Offertory, Consecration, and Communion omitted. Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary

Missa Sicca or dry service, as it is sometimes called, consists in the recital of the ordinary of the mass without the canon, there being neither consecration nor communion. The rite is described and commented upon by Durandus, Rationale, IV, 1:23; Durantus, De Ritibes, II, 4; Bona, Rerum Liturg. I, 15:6; Martene, De Ant. Eccl. … Continue reading “Missa Sicca”

Missa Pro Populo The parish is established to provide the parishioners with the helps of religion, especially with Mass. The parochial Mass is celebrated for their welfare on all Sundays and holidays of obligation, even when suppressed. The parish priest is not obliged to say it personally; but if he does not, he must offer … Continue reading “Missa Pro Populo”

Missa Praesanctificatorum is the term applied to a eucharistic office, observed by the advocates of the doctrine of transubstantiation, and in which the great oblation is made and communion administered with elements consecrated at a previous celebration. The 49th canon of Laodicea (q.v.), which dates from the 4th century, states that bread ought not to … Continue reading “Missa Praesanctificatorum”

Missa Fidelium a term for the latter part of the liturgy, as distinguished from that portion at which only catechumens were allowed to be present. SEE MISSA CATECHUMENORUM. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Missa Catechumenerum is the name of that portion of the liturgies of the early Church at which catechumens were permitted to be present. It consisted of the Prefatory Prayer, the Hymn, the Little Entrance, the Trisagion, the Epistle and Gospel, and the Prayers after the Gospel. Before the Great Entrance, or procession of the elements … Continue reading “Missa Catechumenerum”

Missa cantata (Latin: sung Mass) Usually a Low Mass with the choir singing the Proper. Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary

Miss. = Missa (Mass); or missionaries (missionary) Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary

Misrule, Lord of One of the chief characters in the celebration of the Feast of Fools, a custom of the later medieval period, which came to be marked with much license and buffoonery, and was eventually suppressed. The Lord of Misrule was a mock precentor of the cathedral choir. Before the first Vespers he was … Continue reading “Misrule, Lord of”

Misri-Effendi a Turkish poet and religious enthusiast, is noted for his attempt at a revolution, under a religious garb, during the reign of Achmet III (1703- 1739). Misri was born in Egypt about 1660. Of his personal history but little is known previous to 1693. At this time he was flourishing at Broussa as mollah, … Continue reading “Misri-Effendi”