offertory

Word family adjectiveofferablenounoffereeoffererofferingoffertoryverboffer

Related topics: Christianity

of·fer·to·ry /ˈɒfətəri $ ˈɒːfətɔːri, ˈɑː-/ noun (plural offertories) [countableC] formal

1. RRCthe money people give during a religious ceremony in church 〔宗教仪式上的〕献金 SYN collection

2. RRCthe offering of the bread and wine to God at a Christian church service 〔圣餐礼中的〕奉献仪式

Examples from the Corpus

offertory• In the first instance it acknowledges bread and wine as gifts by the gesture of the offertory.• This is the sense of the offertory as seen from the liturgical texts.

Origin offertory

(1300-1400) Medieval Latin offertorium, from Latin offerre; → OFFER1

单词	offertory
释义	offertory Word family adjectiveofferablenounoffereeoffererofferingoffertoryverboffer Related topics: Christianity of·fer·to·ry /ˈɒfətəri $ ˈɒːfətɔːri, ˈɑː-/ noun (plural offertories) [countableC] formal 1. RRCthe money people give during a religious ceremony in church 〔宗教仪式上的〕献金 SYN collection 2. RRCthe offering of the bread and wine to God at a Christian church service 〔圣餐礼中的〕奉献仪式 Examples from the Corpus offertory• In the first instance it acknowledges bread and wine as gifts by the gesture of the offertory.• This is the sense of the offertory as seen from the liturgical texts. Origin offertory (1300-1400) Medieval Latin offertorium, from Latin offerre; → OFFER1
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