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Offertory

noun

(pl. offertories)

The offerings of the congregation at a religious service.

The part of the Eucharist when bread and wine are offered to God.

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"Offertory" Quotes from Famous Books

... to look upon as they entered in a body and took the front benches reserved for them. Even before the Mass began, the air was charged with feeling. The choir had never sung so well and Raoul Marcel, in the "Gloria," drew even the bishop's eyes to the organ loft. For the offertory he sang Gounod's "Ave Maria,"—always spoken of in ...

— O Pioneers! • Willa Cather

Words linked to "Offertory" : religious offering, Holy Eucharist, Eucharist, Holy Sacrament, liturgy, sacrament of the Eucharist, Eucharistic liturgy, oblation, offering, Lord's Supper