Offertory

Definitions: Offertory

Offertory

Noun

1. The offerings of the congregation at a religious service.

2. The part of the Eucharist when bread and wine are offered to God.

Date "offertory" was first used: sometime around 1350. (references)

Etymology: Offertory \Of"fer*to*ry\, noun; plural Offertories [Latin expression offertorium the place to which offerings were brought, in late Latin offertory: compare to French offertoire.]. (Websters 1913)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Giving	Alms, largess, bounty, dole, sportule, donative, help, oblation, offertory, honorarium, gratuity, Peter pence, sportula, Christmas box, Easter offering, vail, douceur, drink money, pourboire, trinkgeld, bakshish; fee; (recompense); consideration.
Rite	Eucharist, Lord's supper, communion; the sacrament, the holy sacrament; celebration, high celebration; missa cantata; asperges; offertory; introit; consecration; consubstantiation, transubstantiation; real presence; elements; mass; high mass, low mass, dry mass.
Worship	Oblation, sacrifice, incense, libation; burnt offering, heave offering, votive offering; offertory.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Offertory

English words defined with "offertory": Offertories. (references)

"Offertory" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 92.31% of the time. "Offertory" is used about 13 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)	92.31%	12	101,599
Noun (proper)	7.69%	1	339,140
Total	100.00%	13	N/A

Expressions using "offertory": offertory box ♦ offertory hymn. Additional references.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Language		Translations for "offertory"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		para të mbledhura gjatë shërbesës. (various references)

Arabic		‏تقدمة الذبيحة الآلهية, ‏جمع الصدقات من المؤمنين. (various references)

French		offertoire, oblation, quête. (various references)

German		geldsammlung. (various references)

Greek		ύμνοσ ψαλλομένοσ κατά την περιφορά του δίσκου, προσφορά (bid, offer, offering, presentation, proffer, quotation, tender), περιφορά δίσκου. (various references)

Hungarian		felajánlás (dedication, offering). (various references)

Indonesian		selamatan (offering). (various references)

Italian		offertorio. (various references)

Japanese Kanji		奉献頌 (offertory music). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		ほうけんしょう (offertory music). (various references)

Manx		ourallagh (offering, sacrificial, victim), oural (altarage, collection, immolation, offering, sacrifice). (various references)

Pig Latin		offertoryay

Portuguese		oferta (bid, bidding, dole, donative, gift, oblatory, offer, overture, present, presentation manager, proffer, proposal, proposition, quotation, sale, tender), montante de esmolas. (various references)

Romanian		colectã. (various references)

Russian		церковные пожертвования. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		prinošenje, prikupljanje priloga, žrtvovanje (immolation, oblation, offering, sacrifice, victimization). (various references)

Spanish		ofertorio. (various references)

Swedish		offertotium, kollektbön (collect), kollekt (collection). (various references)

Turkish		kilisede toplanan para (offering), kilisede para toplama. (various references)

Ukranian		церковні пожертви, проскомідія, дароприношення. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Medieval Latin	700-1500	offertorium. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Misspellings
	"Offertory" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: offeratory. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Words rhyming with "offertory" (pronounced 'Of"fer*to*ry'): Abbreviatory, Abditory, Abjuratory, Ablutionary, Absolutory, Absolvatory, Acceleratory, Acclamatory, Accusatory, Accustomary, Acetary, Acetimetry, Acidimetry, Acoumetry, Actino-chemistry, Actinometry, Actuary, Additionary, Additory, Adhortatory, Adiaphory, Adjuratory, Adjutory, Admaxillary, Adminiculary, Admissory, Admonitory, Adry, Adstrictory, Adulatory, Advisory, Advocatory, Aerometry, Affirmatory, Alary, Alchemistry, Alcoholometry, Alcoometry, Aldermanry, Aleatory, Aleberry, Alimentary, Alkalimetry, Allegory, Alleviatory, Allodiary, Allusory, Almonry, Almry, Altimetry. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "e-f-f-o-o-r-r-t-y"
	-2 letters: offeror, torrefy, troffer.
	-3 letters: effort, foetor, footer, reroof, roofer, rooter, torero.
	-4 letters: ferry, fetor, footy, forte, forty, foyer, frore, fryer, offer, ofter, refry, retro, retry, rooty, rotor, terry, toffy, toyer.
	-5 letters: foot, fore, fort, fret, froe, oyer, reft, roof, root, rote, roto, ryot, teff, toff, tore, toro, torr, tory, toyo, tref, trey, troy, tyer.
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