The Canon which you cite doesn't in fact tell us anything about the word, does it?
And I doubt that Webster's dictionary will be much help to us here.

I am not 'afraid' or your word, nor do I 'fear new things'.
What raises my suspicions, and rings alarm bells, is pomposity and superciliousness. 
The way that you used the word in your opening question, indicates that you probably don't know much about the word yourself:- "So no sacrifice is confected during the mass?"
I think you're misusing a word which you've found somewhere.