Offertory

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. One of the principal parts of the Eucharistic liturgy at which bread and wine are offered to God by the celebrant.
  • n. A musical setting for this part of the liturgy.
  • n. A collection of offerings at a religious service.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. money offered or donated during a church service
  • n. the part of a church service when offerings are collected
  • n. music sung or played during the offertory of a church service
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The act of offering, or the thing offered.
  • n.
  • n. An anthem chanted, or a voluntary played on the organ, during the offering and first part of the Mass.
  • n. That part of the Mass which the priest reads before uncovering the chalice to offer up the elements for consecration.
  • n. The oblation of the elements.
  • n.
  • n. The Scripture sentences said or sung during the collection of the offerings.
  • n. The offerings themselves.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The act of offering, or the thing offered.
  • n. Eccles.: In medieval usage — A cloth of fine linen or richer material used to receive the bread offered by the people.
  • n. A cloth with which the deacon or assistant at mass lifted the chalice.
  • n. A strip of silk worn like a scarf, with which the acolyte, or afterward the subdeacon, held the empty paten from the time of the lesser oblation till the end of the canon. Also called the offertory veil.
  • n. In the mass of the Roman Catholic and in the communion office of the Anglican and Protestant Episcopal churches— The verses or the anthem said or sung while the gifts of the people are received and the celebrant is placing the unconsecrated elements on the altar; also, the musical setting of such verses or anthem.
  • n. The money (or, as formerly, other gifts) then received from the people.
  • n. The oblation of the unconsecrated elements then made by the celebrant. Also called the lesser oblation. See oblation, 3.
  • n. The part of the service beginning with the offertory verses or anthem and ending before the Sursum Corda.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. the offerings of the congregation at a religious service
  • n. the part of the Eucharist when bread and wine are offered to God
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    offering    oblation    religious offering   
    Cross Reference
    offertory dish   
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