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Offertory

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altaragenounThe offerings made upon the altar or to a church.
oblationnounThe offering of worship, thanks etc. to a deity.
anaphoranoun(rhetoric) The repetition of a phrase at the beginning of phrases, sentences, or verses, used for emphasis.
meat offeringnoun(religion, Judaism, Christianity) An offering of food, especially of a cake made of flour with salt and oil.
orariumnoun(religion) A collection of private devotions.
burnt offeringnoun(biblical) A slaughtered animal offered and burnt on an altar as an atonement for sin.
love offeringnoun(Christianity) Money collected from members of a congregation by passing a plate during the religious service.
ordinary(law, of a judge) Having regular jurisdiction; now only used in certain phrases.
ainoinoun(Christianity) lauds; a prayer service following matins
sanctusnounA prayer in Christian liturgy, beginning “Holy, holy, holy …” and typically said or sung as a hymn shortly before the anaphora.
altar breadnoun(Christianity) Bread which is used in a eucharistic service.
nonesnoun(Christianity) The divine office appointed to the hour.
altar of reposenoun(Christianity) An altar where the communion hosts consecrated on Maundy Thursday during the Mass of the Lord's Supper are placed, or "reserved", for use on Good Friday.
votive candlenounA small candle burnt as a votive offering in an act of Christian prayer.
divine servicenoun(countable, Christianity) A service of public Christian worship.
heave offeringnoun(Judaism) A voluntary Jewish offering lifted up before the Lord by the priest.
invitatorynoun(music) A psalm sung, as an invitation to prayer, at the beginning of some services
holy hournoun(Christianity) the hour of fasting and prayer before communion is to be taken.
lavabonounA washbasin, particularly (Christianity) the one in a church used in the ritual.
respondverb(transitive, intransitive) To say something in return; to answer; to reply.

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