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offertory|ˈɒfətərɪ|
Also 4 offretory, 5 offry-, offra-, 6 offi-, offytorie.
[ad. eccl. L. offertōri-um (Isidore, a 640), offering-place, offering, oblation, etc. (cf. late L. offertor offerer (Commodianus, c 245), med.L. offerta offering), f. late L. and Romanic offert- ppl. stem, substituted for oblāt-, of offerre to offer: see -ory. Cf. F. offertoire offering (14th c. in Hatz.-Darm.), It. offertorio ‘an offering, an offring place’ (Florio).]
1. R.C. Ch. An anthem sung or said in the Mass immediately after the Creed, while the offerings of the people are being received, and the unconsecrated elements are being placed on the altar. In the Ch. of Eng., applied to the Scriptural sentences read or sung in the corresponding part of the Communion Service (now usually called offertory sentences).
c1386Chaucer Prol. 710 Wel koude he rede a lesson or a storie But alderbest he song an Offertorie [Camb. MS. offratory]. 1387Trevisa Higden (Rolls) V. 231 Þat þe grayel and þe offertorie [v.r. offretory] schulde be i-seide to fore þe sacrement [Caxton, sacrynge]. 1483Caxton Gold. Leg. 437/2 After the preest sayth Oremus..thenne he sayth the offrytorye. c1532G. Du Wes Introd. Fr. in Palsgr. 1063 Wherfore than sayth the preest after the offytorie..pray for me, etc.? 1548–9(Mar.) Bk. Com. Prayer, Communion Rubric, Then shall folowe for the Offertory, one or mo, of these Sentences of holy scripture, to be song whiles the people doo offer. 1729C. Wheatley Bk. Com. Prayer (ed. 6) vi. §10. 284 The Sentences..are in the place of the Antiphona or Anthem which we find in the old Liturgies after the Gospel, and which from their being sung whilst the People made their Oblations at the Altar were call'd the Offertory. 1885Cath. Dict. (ed. 3), Offertory. (1) An antiphon which used to be sung by the choir while the faithful made their offerings of bread and wine for the Mass, of gifts for the support of the clergy, etc... The Offertory is said immediately after the Creed.
2. That part of the Mass or Communion Service at which offerings are made; the offering of these, or the gifts offered. Also in R.C. Ch. applied spec. to the anticipatory oblation (see oblation 2).
1539Bk. Ceremonies in Strype Eccl. Mem. (1721) I. ii. App. cix. 287 Then followeth the offertory, wherby we be learned to prepare our selves by Gods grace to be an acceptable oblation to him. 1555Eden Decades 224 When the preeste was at mid masse at the offitorie, the kings profered them selues to go to kysse the crosse with the capytayne, but offered nothynge. 1662Bk. Com. Prayer, Communion, Then shall the Priest return to the Lords Table, and begin the Offertory, saying one or more of these sentences following, as he thinketh most convenient in his discretion. 1852Hook Ch. Dict. (1871) 542 The offertory is so called because it is that part of the Communion Service at which the offerings are made. 1885Cath. Dict. (ed. 3) s.v., The great oblation of Christ's body and blood must be carefully distinguished from the Offertory or anticipatory oblation of bread and wine.
3. transf.
†a. The offering of anything, esp. to God. Obs.
1607Markham Caval. vii. Ded., To offer to your vertues this poore offertory of my labours. 1622Bacon Hen. VII, 8 Hee made Offertorie of his Standards, and had Orizons, and Te Deum againe sung. 1649Jer. Taylor Gt. Exemp. Ad Sect. v, We shall..exhibit to God an offertory in which he cannot but delight. 1660Evelyn News fr. Brussels unmasked, Many..would willingly sacrifice..their present fortunes, and some of them their lives too, as a graceful offertory for such a seasonable and all-healing mercy. 1684T. Hockin God's Decrees 162 The Jews did make these offertories by the especial dictates of God.
b. In recent use, An offering or collection of money made at a religious service.
1862Bp. Medley in Coventry Standard Aug., Our offertory ever since the cathedral has been opened for divine worship has been about {pstlg}300 instead of {pstlg}96. 1874Symonds Sk. Italy & Greece (1898) I. xiv. 297 After the ceremony we..contributed to three distinct offertories. 1879Farrar St. Paul II. 6 He ordered collections to be made for the poor at Jerusalem by a weekly offertory every Sunday. 1891Ch. Times 22 May 496 It is within a few years only that the word ‘offertory’ has been freely used for any collection of money for religious purposes.
4. a. A cloth used in the celebration of the Eucharist. b. A piece of plate used in the same. (Cf. Du Cange, offertorium, for both senses.)
1672in Archæol. Cantiana (1886) XVI. 354 note, Given..towards buying some Plate, viz. a flagon, offertory, patten, and chalice with a cover, for y⊇ holy Communion. [1706Phillips, Offertorium (in old Latin Records), a piece of Silk or fine Linnen, antiently us'd to wrap up the Occasional Oblations or Offerings, made in the Church.] 1725tr. Dupin's Eccl. Hist. 17th C. I. v. 64 The Chalices were cover'd with a Piece of Linen which was call'd the Offertory.
5. attrib.
1641J. Jackson True Evang. T. ii. 90 So was the Paschall Lambe [the type of Christ], and the other offertory Lambes too. 1724Lond. Gaz. No. 6290/2 The Offertory Sentence being read. 1849Rock Ch. of Fathers I. v. 402 Beside the tunicle, there is worn by the subdeacon,..the offertory-veil. 1877J. D. Chambers Div. Worship 274 A principal Ornament to be used in Celebration is the ‘Offertorium’, or Offertory Veil. 1879Hesba Stretton Through a Needle's Eye I. 90 The offertory money passed through Mrs. Cunliffe's hands. 1886Chr. Herald (N.Y.) IX. 285 An offertory-box placed at the door of a famous place of worship. |