Black Mass

English

Noun

Black Mass (plural Black Masses)

1. Alternative letter-case form of black mass (“evil ritual”).
   • 1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 101:

     An enormous number of monks and priests gave themselves up to sorcery, and there was no lack of apostate priests to perform the ceremonies of the Black Mass.

   • 1965, Attila Zohar, Kings Cross Black Magic, Sydney: Horwitz Publications, page 30:

     As a parish priest in England he had dabbled in the black arts, seduced a number of his congregation from their faith and finally celebrated the Black Mass.

Translations

black mass — see black mass