Words Like OFFERTORY
We have put together a list of words that are similar to OFFERTORY.
3 Alternative Words Similar to offertory
10 definitions of offertory
1
The act of offering, or the thing offered.
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Eccles.: In medieval usage — A cloth of fine linen or richer material used to receive the bread offered by the people.
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A cloth with which the deacon or assistant at mass lifted the chalice.
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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.
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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.
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The money (or, as formerly, other gifts) then received from the people.
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The oblation of the unconsecrated elements then made by the celebrant. Also called the lesser oblation. See oblation, 3.
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The part of the service beginning with the offertory verses or anthem and ending before the Sursum Corda.
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money offered or donated during a church service
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the part of a church service when offerings are collected