missal
ミサ典礼書
解説 Definition
カトリック教会のミサで使われる祈祷文や儀式の手順が記された典礼書。
A missal is a book that contains the prayers, readings, and instructions for the Mass in the Christian church, especially the Roman Catholic Church. It is used by priests and sometimes by worshippers during services.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
まず Mass（ミサ）を知っていることを土台にし、missal は「Mass で使う本」とまとめて覚えると定着しやすいです。単なる religious book ではなく、司祭や会衆がミサで参照する祈り・朗読・進行の型が入った公式寄りの本、という使用場面まで結びつけるのがコツ。read from the missal, open the missal のような場面を思い浮かべるとよいです。missile と1字違いなので、宗教文脈なら missal、兵器文脈なら missile と切り分けて覚えると混乱しません。
Connect it to `Mass`, the church service, and remember `missal` as the book used for Mass. That is a strong memory hook because the word belongs to a very specific setting, not just any religious book. Also keep it apart from `missile`: church context points to `missal`, not weapons.
例文
The priest opened the missal and began reading the prayers for the Sunday Mass.
司祭はミサ典礼書を開き、日曜ミサの祈りを読み始めた。
An illuminated medieval missal was displayed in the museum's rare book collection.
装飾写本の中世ミサ典礼書が博物館の稀覯本コレクションに展示されていた。
She followed along in her missal during the Latin Mass at the cathedral.
彼女は大聖堂でのラテン語ミサの間、ミサ典礼書を見ながらついていった。
missal の類義語・関連語
missal の語源・成り立ち Etymology
missal は中世ラテン語 missale に由来し、さらに missa「ミサ」にさかのぼる。missa はラテン語 mittere「送る」と結びつき、礼拝の終わりの「送り出し」からミサ自体を指すようになった語で、そこから「ミサで使う典礼書」の意味になった。関連語は Mass, mission。
"Missal" comes from Medieval Latin "missale," based on "missa," the word behind "Mass." "Missa" is connected with Latin "mittere," meaning "to send," from the idea of dismissal or sending people out at the end of worship. From there, the word came to mean the book used for the Mass. Related English words include "Mass" and "mission."
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