: a book containing all that is said or sung at mass during the entire year
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President Lyndon Johnson reportedly was sworn into office with a Catholic church missal book containing mass prayers − believed to be owned by John F. Kennedy − moments after Kennedy was assassinated on Nov. 22, 1963.
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Josh Meyer, USA TODAY, 20 Jan. 2025
For instance, former President Franklin D. Roosevelt used a family Bible for all four of his inaugurations, while former President Lyndon B. Johnson used a Catholic missal found on Air Force One after President John F. Kennedy's assassination.
—Newsweek, 20 Jan. 2025
The actress also chose not to have a bouquet, carrying a missal down the aisle instead.
—Ariana Quihuiz, Peoplemag, 30 June 2024
The Judge held out the missal.
—Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2021
O’Brien put a small Catholic missal in her hands.
—Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2021
All told, the missal numbered 309 pages in its original form.
—CBS News, 23 Sep. 2022
The pews have been stripped of hymn books and missals, and Holy Water basins are dry.
—Melissa Fletcher Stoeltje, ExpressNews.com, 19 May 2020
That same image recurs again at the bottom of a page from a German missal (before 1381) whose main image portrays the Resurrection.
—Judith H. Dobrzynski, WSJ, 15 June 2019
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Josh Meyer, USA TODAY, 20 Jan. 2025
For instance, former President Franklin D. Roosevelt used a family Bible for all four of his inaugurations, while former President Lyndon B. Johnson used a Catholic missal found on Air Force One after President John F. Kennedy's assassination.
—Newsweek, 20 Jan. 2025
The actress also chose not to have a bouquet, carrying a missal down the aisle instead.
—Ariana Quihuiz, Peoplemag, 30 June 2024
The Judge held out the missal.
—Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2021
O’Brien put a small Catholic missal in her hands.
—Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2021
All told, the missal numbered 309 pages in its original form.
—CBS News, 23 Sep. 2022
The pews have been stripped of hymn books and missals, and Holy Water basins are dry.
—Melissa Fletcher Stoeltje, ExpressNews.com, 19 May 2020
That same image recurs again at the bottom of a page from a German missal (before 1381) whose main image portrays the Resurrection.
—Judith H. Dobrzynski, WSJ, 15 June 2019
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“Missal.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/missal. Accessed 9 Feb. 2025.
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missal
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mis·sal
ˈmis-əl 
: a book containing the prayers to be said or sung in the Mass during the year
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