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is a mass without singing. It is called low “quia submissa voce celebrātur.” “Missa alta” is performed musically, and alta voce, in a loud voice.
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.