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High Mass

Until the changes effected by the Second Vatican Council, a High Mass (as distinct from a Low Mass) was one celebrated by a priest, assisted by a Deacon and Subdeacon, with all the solemnity of chant, incense and full ceremonial. The distinction between the two mass types no longer exists in the Roman Catholic church.

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