offertory
pronunciation
How to pronounce offertory in British English:
UK [ˈɒfətri]
How to pronounce offertory in American English:
US [ˈɔfərtɔri]
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- Noun:
- the offerings of the congregation at a religious service
Word Origin
- offertory (n.)
- "the part of a Mass at which offerings are made," late 14c., from Medieval Latin offertorium "place where offerings are brought," from Vulgar Latin offertus, corresponding to Latin oblatus, past participle of offerre (see offer (v.)). Meaning "part of a religious service" is first recorded 1530s; sense of "collection of money" is from 1862.
Example
- 1. Money should be put in the offertory box .
- 2. The offertory prayers and the litany are much longer than those in the apostolic constitutions .
- 3. The offertory verses were united in the late middle ages , and now only the offertory of the requiem mass shows one verse with a partial repetition of the antiphon .
- 4. In slave society , sacrifices and offerings were an important part of the social code . It was an important affair of state , and many sacrificial and offertory rituals were presided over by the king himself .