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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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)
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 Quigley, Edward J.
The mill itself had long since vanished with the river, but the building that had once stood for it was used as a rude hostelry for travelers, which, however, bore no legend or invitatory sign.
From In a Hollow of the Hills by Harte, Bret
The first Sunday of Advent has the invitatory hymn and the rest of the Office proper.
From The Divine Office by Quigley, Edward J.
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
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