solemn mass
noun
: a mass marked by the use of incense and by the presence of a deacon and a subdeacon in attendance on the celebrant
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Flaming logs crack open, echoing through central Sardinia’s rugged massifs and twisting valleys, shooting sparks toward a solemn mass of spectators.
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Eliot Stein, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 Mar. 2018
Pope Francis held a solemn Mass in 2013 for the migrants who have perished attempting to cross from North Africa to the Italian island of Lampedusa.
—Bill Weir, CNN, 23 Mar. 2018
Eliot Stein, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 Mar. 2018
Pope Francis held a solemn Mass in 2013 for the migrants who have perished attempting to cross from North Africa to the Italian island of Lampedusa.
—Bill Weir, CNN, 23 Mar. 2018
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