offertory
noun
the offering of the unconsecrated elements that is made to God by the celebrant in a Eucharistic service.
offertories
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pluralof offertory.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Among his greater works are ninety-three masses, a very large number of motettes, forty-five hymns for the whole year, sixty-eight offertories, and a large number of litanies, magnificats and madrigals.
From A Popular History of the Art of Music From the Earliest Times Until the Present by W. S. B. (William Smythe Babcock) Mathews
He that is intrusted with our precious souls may much more be intrusted with the offertories of faithful people.
From The Literary Remains of Samuel Taylor Coleridge by Henry Nelson Coleridge
"I know he can write, for he signed a petition to uncle in favour of more frequent offertories in aid of the poor and needy," George muttered.
From A Drake by George! by John Trevena
I venture to say that a parish which confines its offertories to local and parochial purposes will lose by the very contraction of its sympathies.
From Churchwardens' Manual their duties, powers, rights, and privilages by George Henry Sumner
The latter seems to have felt a strange fascination towards the eloquent preacher, tried to attach him to his court, was frequent in his attendance at San Marco, and gave largely to his offertories.
From John the Baptist by F. B. (Frederick Brotherton) Meyer
