MISSAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does missal mean? 

• MISSAL (noun)
  The noun MISSAL has 1 sense:

1. (Roman Catholic Church) a book containing all the prayers and responses needed to celebrate Mass throughout the year

  Familiarity information: MISSAL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MISSAL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(Roman Catholic Church) a book containing all the prayers and responses needed to celebrate Mass throughout the year

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("missal" is a kind of...):

prayer book; prayerbook (a book containing prayers)

Domain category:

Church of Rome; Roman Catholic; Roman Catholic Church; Roman Church; Western Church (the Christian Church based in the Vatican and presided over by a pope and an episcopal hierarchy)

 Context examples 

Van Helsing opened his missal and began to read, and Quincey and I followed as well as we could.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)