noun
: an offering by a Roman Catholic of a number of promised or performed devotional acts undertaken on behalf of a person on special occasions (as name days or anniversaries) or of someone recently deceased especially as an expression of sympathy
noun
: an offering by a Roman Catholic of a number of promised or performed devotional acts undertaken on behalf of a person on special occasions (as name days or anniversaries) or of someone recently deceased especially as an expression of sympathy
Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012