invitatory
Americanadjective
adjective
noun
Etymology
Origin of invitatory
1300–50; Middle English < Late Latin invītātōrius, equivalent to invitā ( re ) to invite + -tōrius -tory 1
Example Sentences
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“Don’t care if I do, Bill,” he continued, in response to Bill’s invitatory gesture, walking to the bar.
From The Idler Magazine, Vol III. May 1893 An Illustrated Monthly by Various
Everybody was at dinner; and the serious Kellner of "Der Wildemann" glanced in mild reproach at Mr. James Clinch, who, disregarding that fact and the invitatory table d'hote, stepped into the street.
From The Twins of Table Mountain by Harte, Bret
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 Lamb, Charles
The first Sunday of Advent has the invitatory hymn and the rest of the Office proper.
From The Divine Office by Quigley, Edward J.
Sometimes the figure on the brass holds a heart in his hand, which indicates a response on the part of the deceased to the old invitatory “Sursum corda.”
From English Villages by Ditchfield, P. H. (Peter Hampson)
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