offertory
11offertory — This word (from the Latin offerre, meaning to present or to bestow ) refers to the part of the Mass when bread and wine and other gifts are brought to the altar, often in a liturgical procession; sometimes offertory is also used to refer to… …
12Offertory, The — That portion of the Communion service during which the alms of the people, and the Bread and the Wine are received and solemnly presented on the Altar. The word offertory is often wrongly applied to the offerings, a mistake which should be… …
13Offertory Sentences — In the old Liturgies there was formerly a short anthem after the Gospel, called Offertorium; for this in our Liturgy has been substituted the Offertory Sentences, being short selections from Holy Scripture setting forth instructions,… …
14offertory — offertorial, adj. /aw feuhr tawr ee, tohr ee, of euhr /, n., pl. offertories. 1. (sometimes cap.) the offering of the unconsecrated elements that is made to God by the celebrant in a Eucharistic service. 2. Eccles. a. the verses, anthem, or music …
15offertory — noun /ˈɑfərˌtɔri/ a) money offered or donated during a church service b) the part of a church service when offerings are collected See Also: offering …
16Offertory — The placing of the bread and wine on the altar in the *eucharist; the *antiphon sung at this moment; time when the collection is made …
17Offertory — See Offering …
18Offertory — See Mass …
19OFFERTORY — in the Roman Catholic Church a portion of the liturgy chanted at the commencement of the eucharistic service, also in the English the part of the service read during the collection of the alms at communion …
20offertory — of|fer|to|ry [ˈɔfətəri US ˈo:fəto:ri, ˈa: ] n plural offertories formal [Date: 1300 1400; : Medieval Latin; Origin: offertorium, from Latin offerre; OFFER1] 1.) the money people give during a religious ceremony in church = ↑collection 2.) …
