单词 | offertory |
释义 | offertoryn. 1. Roman Catholic Church. A short anthem formerly sung or said in the Mass immediately after the Creed, while the offerings of the people were being received, and the unconsecrated elements placed on the altar. In the Anglican Church: the Scriptural sentences read or sung in the corresponding part of the Communion Service; later usually called offertory sentences (see offertory sentence at Compounds). Now historical. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > church music > hymn > kinds of hymn > offertory > [noun] offertorya1387 society > faith > worship > church music > hymn > kinds of hymn > anthem > [noun] > offertory offertorya1387 offertory sentencea1425 society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > vocal music > religious or devotional > [noun] > anthem > specific anthem offertorya1387 tract1387 tractusa1450 olerie1892 a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1874) V. 231 Þat þe grayel and þe offertorie [v.r. offretory; ?a1475 anon. tr. offertory] schulde be i-seide to fore þe sacrement. c1387–95 G. Chaucer Canterbury Tales Prol. 710 Wel koude he rede a lesson or a storie But Alderbest he song an offertorie [v.r. offratory]. c1450 (?c1400) Three Kings Cologne (Cambr. Ee.4.32) (1886) 154 (MED) Aftir þe offertorie of þe masse, þan þei take þis disshe with þe oost..and set hit anhiȝe vppon her hede. 1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 437/2 After the preest sayth Oremus..thenne he sayth the offrytorye. ?1533 G. Du Wes Introductorie for to lerne Frenche sig. Ddii Wherfore than sayth the preest after the offytorie..pray for me, &c. 1549 Bk. Common Prayer (STC 16267) Svpper of the Lorde f. cxxv Then shall folowe for the Offertory, one or mo, of these Sentences of holy scripture, to bee song whiles the people doo offer. 1729 C. Wheatley Illustr. Bk. Common 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. 1839 in B. Ward Sequel to Catholic Emancipation (1915) I. xi. 184 The offertory was appropriated to Madame Persiani, who certainly sang it both sweetly and elegantly. 1885 W. E. Addis & T. Arnold Catholic Dict. (ed. 3) (at cited word) 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. 1974 F. L. Cross & E. A. Livingstone Oxf. Dict. Christian Church (ed. 2) 994 Offertory... The word is also used for the short anthem..formerly sung in the Roman rite at the time of the act of offering. 2. Christian Church. The part of the Eucharist, usually following the readings and the Creed, during which the offerings of the congregation (originally and spec. bread and wine) are placed on the altar and any collection is taken; the making of offerings or the things offered during the Eucharist. (Now the usual sense.) ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > parts of service > offertory > [noun] oblation?a1425 offertory1454 1454 in J. Robertson Liber Collegii Glasguensis (1846) 177 And at the offertory of the messe the preces..tyll be said. c1485 ( G. Hay Bk. Knychthede (1993) v. 32 And jn the tyme of the offeratore, he sal cum before the altare and offer. 1539 Bk. Ceremonies in J. Strype Eccl. Memorials (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. 1555 R. Eden Disc. Vyage rounde Worlde in tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde f. 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. 1662 Bk. Common 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. 1852 W. F. Hook Church Dict. (1871) 542 The offertory is so called because it is that part of the Communion Service at which the offerings are made. 1885 W. E. Addis & T. Arnold Catholic Dict. (ed. 3) (at cited word) The great oblation of Christ's body and blood must be carefully distinguished from the Offertory or anticipatory oblation of bread and wine. 1915 W. S. Maugham Of Human Bondage ix. 33 On Sundays the church was crowded with strangers, and the collection at the offertory often amounted to two pounds. 1994 P. Hamill Drinking Life ii. xiv. 106 As an altar boy, I held the wine cruets while the priest blessed them and then poured the sweetish liquid across his fingers during the Offertory. 3. In extended use. a. An act of offering something, esp. to God or a divinity; (also) the thing offered. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > sacrifice or a sacrifice > [noun] ofleteeOE almousOE houselOE yieldOE lakeOE offeringOE offeranda1225 sacrificea1300 hosta1340 sacrifyingc1374 mannaa1382 incense1382 oblationc1425 hostie1483 obleya1500 sacrificy?c1510 immolation1534 offerture1537 offrage1548 mactation1563 offertory1596 sacrificing1601 litation1623 elibation1656 sacrification1694 sacrificature1779 1596 A. Copley Fig for Fortune 4 Death is..natures offertory. 1607 G. Markham Cavelarice vii. Ded. sig. A¶ij To offer to your vertues this poore offertory of my labours. 1622 F. Bacon Hist. Raigne Henry VII 8 Hee made Offertorie of his Standards, and had Orizons, and Te Deum againe sung. 1649 Bp. J. Taylor Great Exemplar v We shall..exhibit to God an offertory in which he cannot but delight. 1660 J. Evelyn Late News from Bruxels 6 They would..willingly sacrifice..their present Fortunes, and some of them their Lives too, as a grateful offertory for such a seasonable and all-healing mercy. 1684 T. Hockin Disc. God's Decrees 162 The Jews did make these offertories by the especial dictates of God. 1900 J. Conrad Lord Jim xxiii. 255 Mr Cornelius ‘propitiated many offertories’ to Mr Rajah Allang. 1973 J. Morris Heaven's Command 330 Simpler subjects of the Empire believed the Queen to be wonder-working in a more literal way, and worshipped her at shrines..and offertories of many kinds reached her from afar—wild beasts, ivory caskets, thrones of buffalo hide. b. An offering or collection of money made at a religious service. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > benefice > other financial matters > [noun] > collection > at religious service offertory1862 1862 Bp. Medley in Coventry Standard Aug. Our offertory ever since the cathedral has been opened for divine worship has been about £300 instead of £96. 1874 J. A. Symonds Sketches Italy & Greece (1898) I. xiv. 297 After the ceremony we..contributed to three distinct offertories. 1879 F. W. Farrar Life & Work St. Paul II. ix. xxxi. 6 He ordered collections to be made for the poor at Jerusalem by a weekly offertory every Sunday. 1891 Church 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. 1903 A. C. Bower Diaries & Corr. 66 This detailed account of an Offertory shows that the custom had not arisen in England at that time [sc. 1787]; nor did Offertories become general till a very much later date. 1974 Country Life 26 Sept. 859/3 I had to take the collection (the vicar, a good tractarian, always referred to it as ‘the offertory’.) 1985 Times 5 Feb. 7/4 Catholic priests..officially have no regular income apart from the Christmas and Easter offertories. a. A piece of plate used in the celebration of the Eucharist. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > faith > artefacts > implement (general) > vessel (general) > paten > [noun] patenlOE platena1450 patel1548 bread plate1608 bread bowl1638 altar plate1647 patera1658 offertory1672 patina1868 1672 in Archaeologia Cantiana (1886) 16 354 (note) Given..towards buying some Plate, viz. a flagon, offertory, patten, and chalice with a cover, for ye holy Communion. b. A cloth used in the same. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > faith > artefacts > cloths, carpets, cushions > cloth (general) > eucharistic cloth > [noun] altar clotha1200 corporasc1200 towel?1284 corporal1381 sindon?1553 offertory1725 chrismal1845 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) 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.] 1725 D. Cotes tr. L. E. Du Pin New Eccl. Hist. 17th Cent. I. v. 64 The Chalices were cover'd with a Piece of Linen which was call'd the Offertory. Compounds General attributive, as offertory box, offertory hymn, offertory procession, offertory sentence, offertory veil, etc. ΘΚΠ society > faith > artefacts > implement (general) > vessel (general) > collection box > [noun] offertory boxa1425 rood-board1556 platea1784 ladle1813 collecting box1857 society > faith > worship > church music > hymn > kinds of hymn > anthem > [noun] > offertory offertorya1387 offertory sentencea1425 society > faith > worship > sacrifice or a sacrifice > [adjective] > sacrificed offeredOE immolate1534 immolated1548 sacrificed1597 offertory1641 a1425 Medulla Gram. (Stonyhurst) f. 45v Offenca [perh. read offerencia], ofretorye songs. 1641 J. Jackson True Evangelical Temper ii. 90 So was the Paschall Lambe [sc. the type of Christ], and the other offertory Lambes too. 1724 London Gaz. No. 6290/2 The Offertory Sentence being read. 1849 D. Rock Church our Fathers I. v. 402 Beside the tunicle, there is worn by the subdeacon,..the offertory-veil. 1867 Catholic World Dec. 380/2 The offertory sentence is read in the same position. 1873 Littell's Living Age 1 Nov. 279/1 Towards the close of the festival some offertory sentences are read. 1877 J. D. Chambers Divine Worship Eng. 274 A principal Ornament to be used in Celebration is the ‘Offertorium’, or Offertory Veil. 1879 ‘H. Stretton’ Through Needle's Eye I. 90 The offertory money passed through Mrs. Cunliffe's hands. 1886 Christian Herald (N.Y.) 9 285 An offertory-box placed at the door of a famous place of worship. 1937 E. Underhill Worship (ed. 3) xii. 261 In some places the ancient ceremony of the offertory-procession has been restored. 1957 M. Spark Comforters v. 112 Although her eyes and ears had been following the Mass throughout, it was not until the Offertory verse that she collected her wits. 1989 Miller's Collectables Price Guide 1989–90 468/1 An illustrated offertory box, 17th C. 1993 G. Ward Water Damage (1994) x. 109 The rector of St. Matthew's, an ex-prison chaplain, finished his sermon and announced the offertory hymn. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1387 |
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