There are some earlier examples, but it was in the sixteenth- and seventeenth-centuries that Catholics began to more frequently use the word “Mass” for their eucharistic liturgies. Most linguists think the word comes from the Latin that once dismissed the congregation:
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Why is It Called "Mass"?
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There are some earlier examples, but it was in the sixteenth- and seventeenth-centuries that Catholics began to more frequently use the word “Mass” for their eucharistic liturgies. Most linguists think the word comes from the Latin that once dismissed the congregation: