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Pontifical Mass
1910 New Catholic Dictionary
The solemn Mass celebrated by a bishop with the prescribed episcopal ceremonies; the full ceremonial is carried out when the bishop celebrates at the throne of his own cathedral, or with permission in another diocese. It is also the solemn Mass celebrated in Saint Peter's by the pope.
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Entry for 'Pontifical Mass'. 1910 New Catholic Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ncd/p/pontifical-mass.html. 1910.