missal

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Recent Examples of missal The Vatican has released the official missal for the liturgies, and Lebanese media are preparing for large crowds despite infrastructure shortages. Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 27 Nov. 2025 The actress also chose not to have a bouquet, carrying a missal down the aisle instead. Ariana Quihuiz, PEOPLE, 25 Sep. 2025 All told, the missal numbered 309 pages in its original form. CBS News, 23 Sep. 2022 The pews have been stripped of hymn books and missals, and Holy Water basins are dry. Melissa Fletcher Stoeltje, ExpressNews.com, 19 May 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for missal
breviary
Noun
  • Books of Hours are breviaries, or a selection of prayers and psalms taken from long prayer books used by monks.
    Brian T. Allen, National Review, 28 Jan. 2020

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“Missal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/missal. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.

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