missal

mis·sal

noun \ˈmi-səl\

Definition of MISSAL

: a book containing all that is said or sung at mass during the entire year

Origin of MISSAL

Middle English messel, from Anglo-French & Medieval Latin; Anglo-French missal, messel, from Medieval Latin missale, from neuter of missalis of the mass, from Late Latin missa mass — more at mass

First Known Use: 14th century

Other Christian Religious Terms

Pentateuch, blasphemy, curate, doxology, eremite, iconoclasm, liturgy, orison, pneuma, reliquary

Rhymes with MISSAL

bristle, fissile, gristle, missile, scissile, thistle, whistle