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2. To frolic or disport in disquise; to make
a pretentious show of being what one is not.

A freak took an ass in the head, and he goes into the
woods, masquerading up and down in a lion's skin.

Mas`quer*ade", v. t. To conceal
with masks; to disguise. "To masquerade vice."
Killingbeck.

Mas`quer*ad"er (?), n. One who
masquerades; a person wearing a mask; one disguised.

Mass (?), n. [OE. masse,
messe, AS. mæsse. LL. missa, from L.
mittere, missum, to send, dismiss: cf. F. messe.
In the ancient churches, the public services at which the catechumens
were permitted to be present were called missa catechumenorum,
ending with the reading of the Gospel. Then they were
dismissed with these words : "Ite, missa est" [sc.
ecclesia], the congregation is dismissed. After that the sacrifice
proper began. At its close the same words were said to those who
remained. So the word gave the name of Mass to the sacrifice
in the Catholic Church.


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