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Anna Karenina vocabulary

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missal: tags: [christianity] [literature]

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a liturgical book containing all instructions and texts necessary for the celebration of Mass throughout the year.

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As the prior, Father Sebastian was in the first row on the right-hand side, clutching his St. Andrew Daily Missal, which had been abolished back in the sixties.

Sue Monk Kidd. The Mermaid Chair, p.117 (2005)

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The priest, a little old man with a scanty grizzled beard and weary, good-natured eyes, was standing at the altar-rails, turning over the pages of a missal.

Leo Tolstoy. Anna Karenina

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He didn't need to open his Missal to know how this prayer ended.

Graham Greene. The Heart of the Matter, p.224 (1948)

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