Obsolete form of mass.

A surname from French.

simple past tense and past participle of mass

(transitive) To form or collect into a mass; to form into a collective body; to bring together into masses; to assemble. / (intransitive) To have a certain mass.

(Christianity) The Eucharist, now especially in Roman Catholicism. / (Christianity) Celebration of the Eucharist. / (Christianity, usually as the Mass) The sacrament of the Eucharist.

A quantity of matter cohering together so as to make one body, or an aggregation of particles or things which collectively make one body or quantity, usually of considerable size.

Involving a mass of things; concerning a large quantity or number. / Involving a mass of people; of, for, or by the masses.

(intransitive, obsolete) To celebrate mass.

plural of mass / plural of masse

(generically) People, especially a large number of people; the general population. / The total population. / The lower classes or all but the elite.