"midnight mass" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: midnight masses [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} midnight mass (countable and uncountable, plural midnight masses)
  1. A mass held at midnight. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-midnight_mass-en-noun-Smoo88xM
  2. A mass held at midnight.
    (in particular) A Roman Catholic religious service that marks the beginning of Christmas Day.
    Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Christmas Translations (Roman Catholic religious service that marks the beginning of Christmas Day): middernachtmis [feminine] (Dutch), jouluyön messu (Finnish), messe de minuit [feminine] (French), Christmette [feminine] (German), éjféli mise (Hungarian), Pasterka [feminine] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-midnight_mass-en-noun-xXKNr6cV Disambiguation of Christmas: 4 96 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 17 83 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 8 92 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 14 86 Disambiguation of 'Roman Catholic religious service that marks the beginning of Christmas Day': 2 98

Inflected forms

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