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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BLACK MASS

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Black mass is a noun.
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WHAT DOES BLACK MASS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

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Black Mass

A Black Mass is a ritual characterized by the inversion of the Mass as celebrated by the Roman Catholic Church. The history of such rituals is unclear before the modern era. The Black Mass was allegedly celebrated during the Witches' Sabbath. The clarity of the celebration of the Black Mass in medieval times is imprecise; some sources referring to Black Masses during the medieval period appear to be lurid manuals that seem to have been written for witch-hunters in Latin, such as the Malleus Maleficarum and the Compendium Maleficarum. There are arguments claiming that the Black Mass served solely as a shock method in order to accuse enemies for several reasons, but there also remain various sources claiming that it was practiced throughout Western history and currently in the modern era for the sole purpose of Satanic worship and sacrifice in ridicule of Christianity.

Definition of black mass in the English dictionary

The definition of black mass in the dictionary is a blasphemous travesty of the Christian Mass, performed by practitioners of black magic.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BLACK MASS

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black money
Black Monk
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Black Mountain
Black Mountains
black mulberry
Black Muslim
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WORDS THAT END LIKE BLACK MASS

air mass
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gravitational mass
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relative atomic mass
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solar mass

Synonyms and antonyms of black mass in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «black mass» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BLACK MASS

Find out the translation of black mass to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of black mass from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «black mass» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

黑弥撒
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

masa negro
570 millions of speakers

English

black mass
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

काला जन
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

كتلة سوداء
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

черная масса
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

massa negra
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

কালো ভর
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

masse noire
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Jisim hitam
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

schwarze Messe
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

黒ミサ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

블랙 질량
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Massa ireng
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

khối đen
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கருப்பு வெகுஜனம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

काळा वस्तुमान
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Siyah kütle
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

messa nera
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

czarny masa
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

чорна маса
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

masa negru
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

μάζα των μαύρων
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

swart massa
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

svart massa
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

svart masse
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of black mass

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BLACK MASS»

The term «black mass» is regularly used and occupies the 91.281 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about black mass

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BLACK MASS»

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Black Mass: The Irish Mob, the Boston FBI, and a Devil's Deal
"Black Mass" is the story of what happened beween them - a dark deal to trade secrets and take down Boston's Italian Mafia in exchange for "immunity" - that spiralled out of control, leading to murders, drug dealing and racketeering ...
Dick Lehr, Gerard O'Neill, 2002
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Black Mass: Apocalyptic Religion and the Death of Utopia
In Black Mass John Gray tears down the religious, political and secular beliefs that we insist are fundamental to the human project and shows us how a misplaced faith in our ability to improve the world has actually made it far worse.
John Gray, 2011
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Black Mass: The Irish Mob, the Boston FBI, and a Devil's Deal
Black Mass should prompt a re-evaluation of the uses and misuses of informers by law en- forcement officials throughout the country.” —Alan Dershowitz, author of Reversal of Fortune: Inside the Claus Von Bulow Case, The New York Times ...
Dick Lehr, Gerard O'Neill, 2002
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The Black Mass of Brother Springer
He was white.
Charles Ray Willeford, 2003
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Black Mass: The Path I Have Trodden
In this process, God, faith, religion, morality, society, and family?all are to be seen with a perspective, different from the traditional. This book is an attempt to this effect.
Aloysius D. Fernandez, 2010
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Four Black Revolutionary Plays
This new edition of Four Black Revolutionary Plays also includes a Foreword by playwright, novelist, journalist and lecturer Lindsay Barrett, who has also made widely acclaimed radio and TV programs on jazz, the arts and African cultural ...
Imamu Amiri Baraka, 1969
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Satanism Today
Although there was much variability in the details found in traditional folklore, Anton LaVey's account of the Black Mass in The Satanic Bible is a generally accurate description of this Christian fantasy: The popular concept of the black mass is ...
James R. Lewis, 2001
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The Black Mass; a Contemporary Romance
General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1897 Original Publisher: Hutchinson
Frederic Breton, 2009
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The Black Arts
Describes and explains beliefs and practices of the various branches of occult theory
Richard Cavendish, 1967
10
Black Mass
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! A Black Mass is a ceremony supposedly celebrated during the Witches' Sabbath, which was a sacrilegious parody of the Catholic Mass.
Jesse Russel, Ronald Cohn, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BLACK MASS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term black mass is used in the context of the following news items.
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Zack Snyder Defends Superman's Failure To Save Lives …
... upcoming Warner Bros. features “Batman V. Superman: Dawn of Justice” and “Black Mass” at the conglom's annual meeting Friday in Atlanta ... «Business 2 Community, Jul 15»
2
Benedict Cumberbatch Shows PDA with Wife Sophie Hunter in Their …
Cumberbatch will likely be back on the press circuit soon enough as his latest project, Black Mass, is slated to hit theaters on Sept. 18. «People Magazine, Jul 15»
3
Magic Mike, Christian Grey and what women really want
The “Magic Mike XXL” screening I caught was preceded by trailers for National Lampoon riff “Vacation,” mob drama “Black Mass,” young adult ... «Washington Post, Jul 15»
4
Black Mass Movie Release Date, News, and Spoilers: Benedict …
Director Scott Cooper first announced 'Black Mass' movie back in 2013 and the first teaser were just revealed this year at CinemaCon in Las ... «Crossmap, Jun 15»
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Whitey Bulger's Letter to a High School Girl: 'My Life Was Wasted …
Come September, Bulger will be the subject of what looks like the next great mob movie, Black Mass. He'll be played by Johnny Depp. «Esquire.com, Jun 15»
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Whitey Bulger Letter to Teens: 'My Life Was Wasted,' Ends Soon
Bulger, whose larger-than-life crime career was the inspiration for one movie, with another biopic – "Black Mass" starring Johnny Depp ... «Newsmax, Jun 15»
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CineEurope: Warner Bros. Unveils New 'Black Mass' Trailer …
From Cold War spies to 1980s Boston mobsters in Black Mass, which Molter said was helping Warner Bros. back to its "rich legacy" of gangster ... «Hollywood Reporter, Jun 15»
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Time Warner touts 'Black Mass,' and 'Batman vs. Superman' at …
"Black Mass," the Whitey Bulger biopic starring Johnny Depp set for release in September, also got a plug and clip at the shareholders session. «Boston Herald, Jun 15»
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Shroud Of The Heretic Streams "Sprawling Black Mass
The sepulchral death metallers from Shroud of the Heretic today premiere new track "Sprawling Black Mass Consummation," which can be ... «Metal Underground, Jun 15»
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Art Takes On Religion In Controversial Black Mass
It's hard to find a clear definition of what a Black Mass is. It has been described as everything from a lurid book written for witch hunters to a ... «KPBS, Jun 15»

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