Missa Cantata
English
editEtymology
editOriginated 1900–05 from New Latin missa cantāta, from Late Latin missa (Mass) and Latin cantāta (to have sung); literally, sung mass.
Proper noun
editMissa Cantata
- A Catholic Mass that is less elaborate than a High Mass, but with equivalent sung liturgical parts.
References
edit- Missa Cantata on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- “Missa Cantata”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin, 2000, →ISBN.
- “Missa Cantata”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.