Phrase guide
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noun
The mass of a rocket including its contents but without propellant.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: aerospace, business, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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noun
A demonstrative celebration of most of the liturgy of the Mass, omitting the consecration of the elements.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
Topics: Catholicism, Christianity, Roman-Catholicism
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History
From dry + mass. In the liturgical sense, a calque of Ecclesiastical Latin missa sicca.
