Motet
Part of speech: noun
Definition: A composition adapted to sacred words in the elaborate polyphonic church style; an anthem.
Mass
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To celebrate mass.To form or collect into a mass; to form into a collective body; to bring together into masses; to assemble.
Part of speech: noun
Definition: The Eucharist, now especially in Roman Catholicism.Celebration of the Eucharist.The sacrament of the Eucharist.A musical setting of parts of the mass.A quantity of matter cohering together so as to make one body, or an aggregation of particles or things which collectively make one body or quantity, usually of considerable size; as, a mass of ore, metal, sand, or water.A large quantity; a sum.Bulk; magnitude; body; size.The principal part; the main body.The quantity of matter which a body contains, irrespective of its bulk or volume. It is one of four fundamental properties of matter. It is measured in kilograms in the SI system of measurement.A medicinal substance made into a cohesive, homogeneous lump, of consistency suitable for making pills; as, blue mass.A palpable or visible abnormal globular structure; a tumor.Excess body weight, especially in the form of muscle hypertrophy.