These were the hermanos de la Misa, or brothers of the mass, the last incumbent of the office of the keeper of the box and his successor, to whom it was to be delivered over.
"Incidents of Travel in Yucatan, Vol. I."
John L. Stephens
I stood one Christmas Eve in the cold midnight wind, waiting for the church doors to open for the night mass, the famous Misa del gallo.
"Castilian Days"
John Hay
And tell me, Fetuao," he went on, "what before I have never asked thee: on what side are thy people in this Misa of Mataafa and Tanumafili?"
"Wild Justice: Stories of the South Seas"
Lloyd Osbourne