invitatory
Americanadjective
adjective
noun
Etymology
Origin of invitatory
1300–50; Middle English < Late Latin invītātōrius, equivalent to invitā ( re ) to invite + -tōrius -tory 1
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Down one block—two, three; then a sudden pause before a narrow store-front liberally placarded with invitatory signs to the public, and with a red cross blazoning above the doorway.
From Every Soul Hath Its Song by Fannie Hurst
"Don't care if I do, Bill," he continued, in response to Bill's invitatory gesture, walking to the bar.
From A Protegee of Jack Hamlin's and Other Stories by Bret Harte
The hymn is an answer to the invitation given to us in the invitatory, to praise God and to rejoice with Him.
From The Divine Office by Edward J. Quigley
The invitatory is omitted, they tell us, that we, like the Magi, may come to Christ, without other than a silent invitation.
From The Divine Office by Edward J. Quigley
His growl was as thunder in their ears, whether he spake to them in mirth or in rebuke, his invitatory notes being, indeed, of all, the most repulsive and horrid.
From The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 2 Elia and The Last Essays of Elia by Charles Lamb
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