"midnight mass" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-midnightmass.wav Forms: midnight masses [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} midnight mass (countable and uncountable, plural midnight masses)
  1. A mass held at or close to midnight. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-midnight_mass-en-noun-M8qu2zte
  2. A mass held at or close to 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), midnattsmässa [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-midnight_mass-en-noun-Wg4AfmAG Disambiguation of Christmas: 6 94 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 19 81 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 20 80 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 10 90 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 18 82 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 22 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 13 87 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 22 78 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 20 80 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 9 91 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 16 84 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 12 88 Disambiguation of 'Roman Catholic religious service that marks the beginning of Christmas Day': 1 99

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