invitatory

American  

[in-vahy-tuh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee] / ɪnˈvaɪ təˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i /

adjective

1. serving to invite; conveying an invitation.

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invitatory British  

/ -trɪ, ɪnˈvaɪtətərɪ /

adjective

1. serving as or conveying an invitation

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noun

1. any of various invitations to prayer, such as Psalm 95 in a religious service

Etymology

Origin of invitatory

1300–50; Middle English < Late Latin invītātōrius, equivalent to invitā ( re ) to invite + -tōrius -tory ¹

Example Sentences

About midnight a more solemn Office began, this time with the invitatory and psalm Venite.

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)

Its Latin form in the invitatory differs slightly from the Vulgate text.

From The Divine Office by Quigley, Edward J.

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 Hurst, Fannie

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 The Best Short Stories of 1915 And the Yearbook of the American Short Story by O'Brien, Edward J. (Edward Joseph Harrington)