Why is Mass called "Mass?" What is the origin of the tern?

Answer 1

"Ite Missa Est" ,said as the dismissal at the end of Mass, means "Go,she[the Church] is sent out on a mission[to live the Word and grace of the Eucharist]". From this phrase came "Mass" for the Divine Liturgy of the Eucharist in English and Misa,Missa and Messe in Romance languages since it can be heard as "Go, it is the Mass".

Answer 2

Mass also mass (măs) pronunciation
n.

1.
1. Public celebration of the Eucharist in the Roman Catholic Church and some Protestant churches.
2. The sacrament of the Eucharist.
2. A musical setting of certain parts of the Mass, especially the Kyrie, Gloria, Credo, Sanctus, and Agnus Dei.

[Middle English masse, from Old English mæsse, from Vulgar Latin *messa, from Late Latin missa, from Latin, feminine past participle of mittere, to send away, dismiss.]

Mass

Definition: As stated by the Sacred Congregation of Rites of the Roman Catholic Church, the Mass is “—A sacrifice in which the Sacrifice of the Cross is perpetuated; —A memorial of the death and resurrection of the Lord, who said ‘do this in memory of me’ (Luke 22:19); —A sacred banquet in which, through the communion of the Body and Blood of the Lord, the People of God share the benefits of the Paschal Sacrifice, renew the New Covenant which God has made with man once for all through the Blood of Christ, and in faith and hope foreshadow and anticipate the eschatological banquet in the kingdom of the Father, proclaiming the Lord’s death ‘till His coming.’” (Eucharisticum Mysterium, May 25, 1967) It is the Catholic Church’s way of doing what they understand that Jesus Christ did at the Last Supper.

Answer 3

I don't know the origin, but I believe the tern is an aquatic bird. The least tern is an endangered species. I'm just picking at you. I will be as interested as you to find out what mass means. I didn't know I didn't know. Some things one just takes for granted.