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offertory

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9 lettersPronunciation /ˈɒfət(ə)ɹi/Part of speech nounSorted effoorrtyStarts with OEnds with Y0 clues
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Definitions

  1. the offerings of the congregation at a religious service

Word origin

From Late Latin offertorium, from the participle stem of offere (“to offer”).

Used in a sentence

  • There was an impressive musical program, conducted by Sheldon Smeeth, educational director of the Y.M.C.A., who also sang the offertory.
  • I sat through the sermon, and the offertory, and the recessional.
  • Even the coins in the offertory were accredited with magical value; there were numerous popular superstitions about the magical value of communion silver as a cure for illness or a lucky charm against danger.

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