Liturgical book containing all texts necessary for the performance of the Mass The first missals appeared in the tenth century; by the thirteenth century, the Missal completely replaced such older liturgical books as the Directorium, the Sacramentary, the Antiphonary, the Evangeliary, the Epistolary
The Roman prayer book for the Mass, which was superseded in England by the Book of Common Prayer in 1549 (We refer to the book used by the celebrant as the Missal )